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A circulating temperament is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a MOS scale, where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same. | A circulating temperament is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a MOS scale, where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same. | ||
=Articles= | 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. | ||
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* [[http://www.kylegann.com/histune.html|An Introduction to Historical Tunings]] by Kyle Gann [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xe2pcAue|Permalink]] | * [[http://www.kylegann.com/histune.html|An Introduction to Historical Tunings]] by Kyle Gann [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xe2pcAue|Permalink]] | ||
* [[http://lumma.org/tuning/gws/circ.html|Circulating Temperaments]] by Gene Ward Smith [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xemAJsWE|Permalink]] | * [[http://lumma.org/tuning/gws/circ.html|Circulating Temperaments]] by Gene Ward Smith [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xemAJsWE|Permalink]] | ||
* [[http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/ | * [[http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emrubinst/tuning/tuning.html|Well v.s. Equal Temperament]] by Michael Rubinstein [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xemm0tvx|Permalink]] | ||
* [[http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html|Six Degrees Of Tonality: The Well Tempered Piano]] by Edward Foote [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xenGg2uG|Permalink]] | * [[http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html|Six Degrees Of Tonality: The Well Tempered Piano]] by Edward Foote [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xenGg2uG|Permalink]] | ||
* [[http://www.rollingball.com/images/HT5.htm|Five Well Temperaments]] [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xenqAL9m|Permalink]]</pre></div> | * [[http://www.rollingball.com/images/HT5.htm|Five Well Temperaments]] [[http://www.webcitation.org/5xenqAL9m|Permalink]]</pre></div> | ||
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A circulating temperament is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a MOS scale, where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same.<br /> | A circulating temperament is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a MOS scale, where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same.<br /> | ||
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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.<br /> | |||
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/histune.html" rel="nofollow">An Introduction to Historical Tunings</a> by Kyle Gann <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xe2pcAue" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lumma.org/tuning/gws/circ.html" rel="nofollow">Circulating Temperaments</a> by Gene Ward Smith <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xemAJsWE" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/ | <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/histune.html" rel="nofollow">An Introduction to Historical Tunings</a> by Kyle Gann <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xe2pcAue" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lumma.org/tuning/gws/circ.html" rel="nofollow">Circulating Temperaments</a> by Gene Ward Smith <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xemAJsWE" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/%7Emrubinst/tuning/tuning.html" rel="nofollow">Well v.s. Equal Temperament</a> by Michael Rubinstein <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xemm0tvx" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" rel="nofollow">Six Degrees Of Tonality: The Well Tempered Piano</a> by Edward Foote <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xenGg2uG" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.rollingball.com/images/HT5.htm" rel="nofollow">Five Well Temperaments</a> <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.webcitation.org/5xenqAL9m" rel="nofollow">Permalink</a></li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | ||