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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. | ||
Despite the terms' sharing the word "temperament" in their names, well temperaments and [[regular temperament]]s are two different concepts, though sometimes one of these could guide construction of the other. | Despite the terms' sharing the word "temperament" in their names, well temperaments and [[regular temperament]]s are best considered two different concepts, though sometimes one of these could guide construction of the other. | ||
== Historical well temperaments == | == Historical well temperaments == | ||