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'''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 4.779 cents (2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]). This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | '''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 4.779 cents (2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]). This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | ||
2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | 2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). It tunes [[75/64]] pure, and [[5/4]] and [[15/8]] are off by 1/9 comma each. Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | ||
== Tuning profile == | |||
[[Projection map]]: | |||
[[Category:Meantone]][[Category:Historical temperaments]] | {| class="right-all" | ||
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| [⟨ || 1 || 8/9 || -4/9 || -37/9 || ] | |||
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| ⟨ || 0 || 1/9 || 4/9 || 10/9 || ] | |||
|- | |||
| ⟨ || 0 || 2/9 || 8/7 || 20/9 || ] | |||
|- | |||
| ⟨ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ]] | |||
|} | |||
[[Tuning map]]: {{val| 1200 1897.1758 2788.7033 3371.7583 }} | |||
[[Mistuning map]]: {{val| 0 -4.7792 +2.3896 +2.9323 }} | |||
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