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"Just Intonation", as we find it commonly used today, describes [[Gallery of Just Intervals|intervals]] between pitches by specifying ratios ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number|rational numbers]]) of pitch frequencies. | "Just Intonation", as we find it commonly used today, describes [[Gallery of Just Intervals|intervals]] between pitches by specifying ratios ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number|rational numbers]]) of pitch frequencies. | ||
In languages other than English, the original conceptions of "Just Intonation" are more obviously retained in the terms used in those languages: Reine Stimmung (pure, that is, beatless, tuning) in German, | In languages other than English, the original conceptions of "Just Intonation" are more obviously retained in the terms used in those languages: Reine Stimmung (pure, that is, beatless, tuning) in German, Натуральний стрій in Ukrainian and Gamme naturelle in French, (both referring to the "natural scale", that is, intervals derived from the harmonic series), Intonazione naturale (natural intonation, once again intervals derived from harmonic series) in Italian, and so on. | ||
In the English language, the term "just" referred to "true, correct", and is still used today in this sense, in the crafts. In printing, to "justify" a line of type is to fit it precisely to a certain measure, for example. The original sense, then, was similar to that sense which is clearly retained in other languages as "natural". | In the English language, the term "just" referred to "true, correct", and is still used today in this sense, in the crafts. In printing, to "justify" a line of type is to fit it precisely to a certain measure, for example. The original sense, then, was similar to that sense which is clearly retained in other languages as "natural". | ||
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&quot;Just Intonation&quot;, as we find it commonly used today, describes <a class="wiki_link" href="/Gallery%20of%20Just%20Intervals">intervals</a> between pitches by specifying ratios (<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number" rel="nofollow">rational numbers</a>) of pitch frequencies.<br /> | &quot;Just Intonation&quot;, as we find it commonly used today, describes <a class="wiki_link" href="/Gallery%20of%20Just%20Intervals">intervals</a> between pitches by specifying ratios (<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_number" rel="nofollow">rational numbers</a>) of pitch frequencies.<br /> | ||
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In languages other than English, the original conceptions of &quot;Just Intonation&quot; are more obviously retained in the terms used in those languages: Reine Stimmung (pure, that is, beatless, tuning) in German, | In languages other than English, the original conceptions of &quot;Just Intonation&quot; are more obviously retained in the terms used in those languages: Reine Stimmung (pure, that is, beatless, tuning) in German, Натуральний стрій in Ukrainian and Gamme naturelle in French, (both referring to the &quot;natural scale&quot;, that is, intervals derived from the harmonic series), Intonazione naturale (natural intonation, once again intervals derived from harmonic series) in Italian, and so on.<br /> | ||
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In the English language, the term &quot;just&quot; referred to &quot;true, correct&quot;, and is still used today in this sense, in the crafts. In printing, to &quot;justify&quot; a line of type is to fit it precisely to a certain measure, for example. The original sense, then, was similar to that sense which is clearly retained in other languages as &quot;natural&quot;.<br /> | In the English language, the term &quot;just&quot; referred to &quot;true, correct&quot;, and is still used today in this sense, in the crafts. In printing, to &quot;justify&quot; a line of type is to fit it precisely to a certain measure, for example. The original sense, then, was similar to that sense which is clearly retained in other languages as &quot;natural&quot;.<br /> | ||