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'''Badness''' is a measure that allows the comparative evaluation of tunings, temperaments, interval approximations, etc. ~~It generally describes the trade-off between~~ [[complexity]] and [[error]], two measures that usually vary in opposite directions.

'''Badness''' is a measure that allows the comparative evaluation of tunings, temperaments, interval approximations, etc. in terms of both [[complexity]] and [[error]], two measures that usually vary in opposite directions.

~~Several different badness measures~~ are in ~~use, including~~ [[~~Cangwu badness~~]], [[~~TE simple badness~~]] and ~~[[TE logflat~~ badness]].

Complexity and error are both usually treated as undesirable characteristics, but there is a trade-off between them in that very low complexity temperaments (e.g. small [[edo]]s) typically do not have low error, and very low error temperaments (e.g. [[microtemperament]]s) typically do not have low complexity. Badness is a way to combine complexity and error such that a search for low-badness temperaments yields results with a particularly good trade-off between complexity and error. A temperament is said to be '''efficient''' if it achieves low badness.

~~'''''Note:'''~~ [[TE logflat badness]] ~~is the badness appearing on temperament pages, unless stated otherwise~~.''

Several different badness measures are in use, including [[Cangwu badness]], [[TE simple badness]], and [[TE logflat badness]]. Some also have several normalizing coefficients.

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{{Note| [[Sintel]]'s [[TE logflat badness]] is generally the badness metric used throughout this wiki. Many old pages still use [[Gene Ward Smith|Smith]]'s; those are being phased out. }}

== External links ==

* [http://tonalsoft.com/enc/b/badness.aspx Tonalsoft Encyclopedia | ''Badness'']

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-'''Badness''' is a measure that allows the comparative evaluation of tunings, temperaments, interval approximations, etc. It generally describes the trade-off between [[complexity]] and [[error]], two measures that usually vary in opposite directions.
+'''Badness''' is a measure that allows the comparative evaluation of tunings, temperaments, interval approximations, etc. in terms of both [[complexity]] and [[error]], two measures that usually vary in opposite directions.
-Several different badness measures are in use, including [[Cangwu badness]], [[TE simple badness]] and [[TE logflat badness]].
+Complexity and error are both usually treated as undesirable characteristics, but there is a trade-off between them in that very low complexity temperaments (e.g. small [[edo]]s) typically do not have low error, and very low error temperaments (e.g. [[microtemperament]]s) typically do not have low complexity. Badness is a way to combine complexity and error such that a search for low-badness temperaments yields results with a particularly good trade-off between complexity and error. A temperament is said to be '''efficient''' if it achieves low badness.
-'''''Note:''' [[TE logflat badness]] is the badness appearing on temperament pages, unless stated otherwise.''
+Several different badness measures are in use, including [[Cangwu badness]], [[TE simple badness]], and [[TE logflat badness]]. Some also have several normalizing coefficients.
-[[Category:Badness| ]] <!-- main article -->
+{{Note| [[Sintel]]'s [[TE logflat badness]] is generally the badness metric used throughout this wiki. Many old pages still use [[Gene Ward Smith|Smith]]'s; those are being phased out. }}
+== External links ==
+* [http://tonalsoft.com/enc/b/badness.aspx Tonalsoft Encyclopedia | ''Badness'']
+[[Category:Badness| ]] <!-- Main article -->