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== A brief history == | == A brief history == | ||
'''Regular Temperament Theory''' — or '''RTT''' — | |||
The roots of '''Regular Temperament Theory''' — or '''RTT''' — can be traced back for centuries. The practice far predates the theory, and in particular [[meantone]] temperament has been known since the 15th century. Many [[Pioneers_of_the_Regular_Mapping_Paradigm|early pioneers]] set the stage for the general theory to come. | |||
A significant amount of this theory's early development occurred online via the [[Wikipedia: Yahoo! Groups]] service. The groundwork was laid by [[Paul Erlich]], [[Graham Breed]], [[Dave Keenan]], and [[Herman Miller]] in the late 1990's. | |||
In 2001 [[Gene Ward Smith]] joined Yahoo! Groups and immediately began making major contributions to the conversation, introducing new terminology and higher-level math. He and his closer collaborators such as [[Mike Battaglia]] also did much of the work to document RTT on this wiki. | In 2001 [[Gene Ward Smith]] joined Yahoo! Groups and immediately began making major contributions to the conversation, introducing new terminology and higher-level math. He and his closer collaborators such as [[Mike Battaglia]] also did much of the work to document RTT on this wiki. | ||
In 2009 [[Kite Giedraitis]] began developing his own approach to RTT, including some noteworthy innovations. | In 2009 [[Kite Giedraitis]] began developing his own approach to RTT, including some noteworthy innovations. | ||
== Why would I want to use a regular temperament? == | == Why would I want to use a regular temperament? == | ||