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'''The columns categorise temperaments by the approximate number of notes needed to reach all the important intervals''' within the practice of that temperament. | '''The columns categorise temperaments by the approximate number of notes needed to reach all the important intervals''' within the practice of that temperament. | ||
All of the temperaments listed in this table have low badness (high relative accuracy), meaning they approximate their target JI subgroup much better than most temperaments with their same amount of needed notes. | All of the temperaments listed in this table have low [[badness]] (high relative accuracy), meaning they approximate their target JI subgroup much better than most temperaments with their same amount of needed notes. | ||
That means the temperaments in this table requiring more notes are also more accurate. The ones requiring less notes are less accurate but are good for their size. | That means the temperaments ''in this table'' requiring more notes are also more accurate. The ones requiring less notes are less accurate but are good for their size. (This rule is not true for all temperaments in general, it’s just true for the ones listed in this table.) | ||
== Table of recommended temperaments == | == Table of recommended temperaments == | ||