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Other approaches include [http://anaphoria.com/wilsonintroMERU.html Meru scales], [[tritriadic scale]]s, and [[combination product sets|product sets]]. | Other approaches include [http://anaphoria.com/wilsonintroMERU.html Meru scales], [[tritriadic scale]]s, and [[combination product sets|product sets]]. | ||
==Approximating JI with temperaments== | |||
There are a lot of JI intervals, and it's difficult to keep track of all of them. As such, people often use simpler systems to approximate JI intervals, known as [[temperament]]s. A popular choice is [[equal temperament]]s; for example the predominant [[12edo|12et]], which is widely used to approximate [[5-limit]] JI. Other equal temperaments exist, for example [[19edo|19et]], [[22edo|22et]], and [[31edo|31et]]. Besides equal temperaments, other temperaments exist, such as [[regular temperament]]s and [[well temperament]]s. | |||
Temperaments also create new structures not found in JI; for example, [[meantone]] temperament (which 12et [[support]]s) tempers out 81/80, making [[5/4]] the same as the major third obtained by stacking four fifths, [[81/64]]; this structural feature is often assumed without thinking in western music. | |||
==Instruments== | ==Instruments== | ||