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A '''well temperament''' (or '''circulating temperament''') is a [[tuning system]] which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal tuning]], has the same [[equave]] as that equal tuning and preserves the transposability of the equal tuning, but is not exactly the equal tuning being approximated. Historical well temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and flattened fifths (occasionally also sharpened fifths) and had 12 nearly equal steps. | A '''well temperament''' (or '''circulating temperament''') is a [[tuning system]] which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal tuning]], has the same [[equave]] as that equal tuning and preserves the transposability of the equal tuning, but is not exactly the equal tuning being approximated. Historical well temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and flattened fifths (occasionally also sharpened fifths) and had 12 nearly equal steps. | ||
One of the advantages of these tunings is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly. | One of the advantages of these tunings is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly. | ||