Survey of efficient temperaments by subgroup: Difference between revisions

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'''Xenharmonicist A''' might argue that an error less than 15ish [[cents]] on most intervals, and less than 5 cents on the really important ones (like the perfect fifth and the octave), is accurate enough.  
'''Xenharmonicist A''' might argue that an error less than ~15 [[cents]] on most intervals, and less than 5 cents on the really important ones (like the perfect fifth and the octave), is accurate enough.  


And they might argue that 25 notes per [[equave]] is the most that is practical, any more than that is too cumbersome.
And they might argue that 25 notes per [[equave]] is the most that is practical, any more than that is too cumbersome.
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'''Xenharmonicist B''' might argue that the error must be less than 5ish cents on most intervals, anything further out than that sounds out of tune to them.
'''Xenharmonicist B''' might argue that the error must be less than ~5 cents on almost all intervals, anything further out than that sounds out of tune to them.


They might argue that it's perfectly possible to learn up to 50 notes per equave.
They might argue that it's perfectly possible to learn up to 50 notes per equave.