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Most typically, this sense of "support" is reserved for such cases where not only is '''B''' merely possible or ''valid'' with '''A''', but '''A''' is actually ''good'' for '''B'''. The technical RTT sense of "supports" defined above is strictly mathematical and makes no such stipulation of aesthetic goodness, however. According to it, the [[wart notation|2c]] [[map]] for [[2edo|2-ET]] supports [[meantone]] despite tuning the fifth to 600¢, well outside the [[diamond tuning ranges]] for meantone. Furthermore, since [[0edo|0-ET]] makes ''every'' comma vanish, it therefore supports ''every temperament'', though clearly it does not do so in any musically useful sense. Due to this key difference between the technical RTT definition and the informal general definition, occasionally usages may conflict and surprise some readers. | Most typically, this sense of "support" is reserved for such cases where not only is '''B''' merely possible or ''valid'' with '''A''', but '''A''' is actually ''good'' for '''B'''. The technical RTT sense of "supports" defined above is strictly mathematical and makes no such stipulation of aesthetic goodness, however. According to it, the [[wart notation|2c]] [[map]] for [[2edo|2-ET]] supports [[meantone]] despite tuning the fifth to 600¢, well outside the [[diamond tuning ranges]] for meantone. Furthermore, since [[0edo|0-ET]] makes ''every'' comma vanish, it therefore supports ''every temperament'', though clearly it does not do so in any musically useful sense. Due to this key difference between the technical RTT definition and the informal general definition, occasionally usages may conflict and surprise some readers. | ||
== Cover == | |||
Historically, the term "cover" was used in a way that is related to the modern technical RTT sense of "support". It was used in the opposite direction, that is, if 12-ET supports meantone, then meantone ''covers'' 12-ET. This usage can still be found on Graham Breed's website.<ref>[http://x31eq.com/catalog.htm Catalog of Linear Temperaments]</ref> However, usage was inconsistent; Gene Ward Smith used "cover" as synonymous to "support".<ref>[https://yahootuninggroupsultimatebackup.github.io/tuning/topicId_45560#45763 Yahoo! Tuning Groups | ''Also... Werkmeister III and WTC question...'']</ref> | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||