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'''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]. This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | '''2/9-comma meantone''' is a [[meantone]] tuning which flattens the [[perfect fifth]] by 4.779 cents (2/9 of a [[syntonic comma]]). This results in a fifth of 697.176 [[cents]]. | ||
2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | 2/9-comma meantone was described by [[Lemme Rossi]] in ''Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa'' (1666), and again by [[Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch]] in ''Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur'' (1852). Of all the known [[historical temperaments]], it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit [[CTE]] tunings for meantone. | ||
Revision as of 07:55, 2 March 2024
2/9-comma meantone is a meantone tuning which flattens the perfect fifth by 4.779 cents (2/9 of a syntonic comma). This results in a fifth of 697.176 cents.
2/9-comma meantone was described by Lemme Rossi in Sistema musico ouero Musica speculativa (1666), and again by Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch in Über musikalische Tonbestimmung und Temperatur (1852). Of all the known historical temperaments, it is the closest to the optimal 5-, 7-, 11- and 13-limit CTE tunings for meantone.