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The rows categorise temperaments by the [[just intonation subgroup]] they approximate. | '''The rows categorise temperaments by the [[just intonation subgroup]] they approximate.''' | ||
The 2.3.5 subgroup is what most theorists believe 12 tone equal temperament belongs to (but there is plenty of disagreement about that). | The 2.3.5 subgroup is what most theorists believe 12 tone equal temperament belongs to (but there is plenty of disagreement about that). | ||
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The columns categorise temperaments by the approximate number of notes needed to reach all the important intervals in a temperament. | '''The columns categorise temperaments by the approximate number of notes needed to reach all the important intervals''' in a temperament. | ||
All of the temperaments listed in this table have low badness (high relative accuracy), meaning they approximate their target JI subgroup much better than most temperaments with their same amount of needed notes. | All of the temperaments listed in this table have low badness (high relative accuracy), meaning they approximate their target JI subgroup much better than most temperaments with their same amount of needed notes. | ||