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Because the prefix ''xen-'' denotes otherness, many theorists also caution against using ''xenharmonic'' to describe tunings that are very similar to 12edo, on the grounds that they do not really exhibit that "otherness".

Some theorists, for example, would argue that [[historical temperaments]] like meantone are not xenharmonic, because they follow almost identical rules to 12edo and sound very similar to it too. They would argue that only tunings which deviate significantly from 12edo, like [[11edo]], [[Bohlen–Pierce]] or [[orwell]], are truly xenharmonic. Xenharmony~~, of course, can~~ be conceived as a spectrum of increasing distinction from 12edo in terms of tuning as well as ''how'' that tuning may be used in a piece of music.

Some theorists, for example, would argue that [[historical temperaments]] like meantone are not xenharmonic, because they follow almost identical rules to 12edo and sound very similar to it too. They would argue that only tunings which deviate significantly from 12edo, like [[11edo]], [[Bohlen–Pierce]] or [[orwell]], are truly xenharmonic.

Xenharmony could be conceived as a spectrum of increasing distinction from 12edo in terms of tuning as well as ''how'' that tuning may be used in a piece of music. Such that one can speak of a piece being “more xen”, “less xen”, “very xen”, etc.

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 Because the prefix ''xen-'' denotes otherness, many theorists also caution against using ''xenharmonic'' to describe tunings that are very similar to 12edo, on the grounds that they do not really exhibit that "otherness".
-Some theorists, for example, would argue that [[historical temperaments]] like meantone are not xenharmonic, because they follow almost identical rules to 12edo and sound very similar to it too. They would argue that only tunings which deviate significantly from 12edo, like [[11edo]], [[Bohlen–Pierce]] or [[orwell]], are truly xenharmonic. Xenharmony, of course, can be conceived as a spectrum of increasing distinction from 12edo in terms of tuning as well as ''how'' that tuning may be used in a piece of music.
+Some theorists, for example, would argue that [[historical temperaments]] like meantone are not xenharmonic, because they follow almost identical rules to 12edo and sound very similar to it too. They would argue that only tunings which deviate significantly from 12edo, like [[11edo]], [[Bohlen–Pierce]] or [[orwell]], are truly xenharmonic.
+Xenharmony could be conceived as a spectrum of increasing distinction from 12edo in terms of tuning as well as ''how'' that tuning may be used in a piece of music. Such that one can speak of a piece being “more xen”, “less xen”, “very xen”, etc.
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