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Musical significance: Add a section about fairly stable musical signposts.
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The same goes for the semifourth. A poorly tuned ~4/3 still results in a decent ~√(4/3) (assuming it's featured in the tuning in the first place).
The same goes for the semifourth. A poorly tuned ~4/3 still results in a decent ~√(4/3) (assuming it's featured in the tuning in the first place).
=== Signposts ===
Due to their low damage in supporting temperaments octave 2/1, semioctave √2, fifth 3/2, fourth 4/3, neutral third √(3/2), neural sixth √(8/3), semifourth √(4/3) and the semitwelfth √3, all provide good signposts for navigating around otherwise unfamiliar scales.


== Temperament interpretations ==
== Temperament interpretations ==