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Neither xenharmonicist can be objectively shown to be right or wrong. There is an amount of science to this, but there is also a lot of personal subjectivity. Ultimately it's up to you to decide what features you think are important in a temperament.
Neither xenharmonicist can be objectively shown to be right or wrong. There is an amount of science to this, but there is also a lot of personal subjectivity.  
 
And these are not the only possible stances, either! There is a Xenharmonicist C, Xenharmonist D, etc. Thousands of them! Lots of different opinions and preferences out there.
 
So how do you start working it out for yourself? Figuring out your own preferences?


It might help to compare these temperaments to [[12edo]], a.k.a. the familiar 12-tone equal temperament which most modern music is tuned to by default. 12edo has, of course, 12 notes per equave, which makes it fairly small by temperament standards (but not abnormally so).  
It might help to compare these temperaments to [[12edo]], a.k.a. the familiar 12-tone equal temperament which most modern music is tuned to by default. 12edo has, of course, 12 notes per equave, which makes it fairly small by temperament standards (but not abnormally so).