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==What do I need to know to understand all the numbers on the pages for individual regular temperaments?==

Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical "short-hand" for describing the properties of temperaments. ~~These include~~ vals~~, svals,~~ and ~~monzos~~, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.

Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical "short-hand" for describing the properties of temperaments. The most important of these are vals and commas, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.

Another recent contribution to the field of temperament is the concept of optimization, which can take many forms. The point of optimization is to minimize the difference between a temperament and JI by finding an "optimal" tuning for the generator. The two most frequently used forms of optimization are POTE ("Pure-Octave Tenney-Euclidean") and TOP ("Tenney OPtimal", or "Tempered Octaves, Please"). Optimization is rather mathematically-intensive, but it is seldom (if ever) left as an exercise to the reader; most temperaments are presented here in their optimal forms.

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Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical &quot;short-hand&quot; for describing the properties of temperaments. ~~These include~~ vals~~, svals,~~ and ~~monzos~~, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand. <br />

Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical &quot;short-hand&quot; for describing the properties of temperaments. The most important of these are vals and commas, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.<br />

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Another recent contribution to the field of temperament is the concept of optimization, which can take many forms. The point of optimization is to minimize the difference between a temperament and JI by finding an &quot;optimal&quot; tuning for the generator. The two most frequently used forms of optimization are POTE (&quot;Pure-Octave Tenney-Euclidean&quot;) and TOP (&quot;Tenney OPtimal&quot;, or &quot;Tempered Octaves, Please&quot;). Optimization is rather mathematically-intensive, but it is seldom (if ever) left as an exercise to the reader; most temperaments are presented here in their optimal forms.<br />

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 ==What do I need to know to understand all the numbers on the pages for individual regular temperaments?==
-Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical "short-hand" for describing the properties of temperaments. These include vals, svals, and monzos, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.
+Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical "short-hand" for describing the properties of temperaments. The most important of these are vals and commas, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.
 Another recent contribution to the field of temperament is the concept of optimization, which can take many forms. The point of optimization is to minimize the difference between a temperament and JI by finding an "optimal" tuning for the generator. The two most frequently used forms of optimization are POTE ("Pure-Octave Tenney-Euclidean") and TOP ("Tenney OPtimal", or "Tempered Octaves, Please"). Optimization is rather mathematically-intensive, but it is seldom (if ever) left as an exercise to the reader; most temperaments are presented here in their optimal forms.
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-Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical &amp;quot;short-hand&amp;quot; for describing the properties of temperaments. These include vals, svals, and monzos, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand. &lt;br /&gt;
+Although the concept of regular temperament is centuries old and predates much of modern mathematics, members of the Yahoo! Alternative Tuning List have developed a particular form of numerical &amp;quot;short-hand&amp;quot; for describing the properties of temperaments. The most important of these are vals and commas, which any student of the modern regular temperament paradigm should become familiar with as a first order of business. These concepts are rather straight-forward and require very little math to understand.&lt;br /&gt;
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 Another recent contribution to the field of temperament is the concept of optimization, which can take many forms. The point of optimization is to minimize the difference between a temperament and JI by finding an &amp;quot;optimal&amp;quot; tuning for the generator. The two most frequently used forms of optimization are POTE (&amp;quot;Pure-Octave Tenney-Euclidean&amp;quot;) and TOP (&amp;quot;Tenney OPtimal&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Tempered Octaves, Please&amp;quot;). Optimization is rather mathematically-intensive, but it is seldom (if ever) left as an exercise to the reader; most temperaments are presented here in their optimal forms.&lt;br /&gt;