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A '''well temperament''' or a '''circulating temperament''' is a scale which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal-step tuning]], has the same equave as that equal-step tuning and preserves the transposability of the equal-step tuning, but is not exactly the equal-step tuning being approximated. Historical well-temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and meantone fifths and had 12 nearly equal steps. | A '''well temperament''' or a '''circulating temperament''' is a scale which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal-step tuning]], has the same [[equave]] as that equal-step tuning and preserves the transposability of the equal-step tuning, but is not exactly the equal-step tuning being approximated. Historical well-temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and meantone fifths and had 12 nearly equal steps. | ||
One of the advantages of these tunings, is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly. | One of the advantages of these tunings, is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly. | ||