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== Flatter than flattest allowed historical meantone ==
== Flatter than flattest allowed historical meantone ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 1/1-comma to 11/21-comma
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 1/1-comma to 1/2-comma
!Meantone Temperament!!Generator (cents)!!Comments
!Meantone Temperament!!Generator (cents)!!Comments
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|690.690
|690.690
|Close to [[33edo]]
|Close to [[33edo]]
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|[[1/2-comma meantone|1/2-comma]] ||691.202||Close to [[92edo]], [[59edo]]. Historically significant (see [[historical temperaments]]). Everything up to this point does not have a whole tone between 10/9 and 9/8.
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== Historically considered meantone ==
== Historically considered meantone ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 1/2-comma to 1/22-comma
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 10/21-comma to 1/22-comma
!Temperament!!Generator (cents)!!Comments
!Temperament!!Generator (cents)!!Comments
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|[[1/2-comma meantone|1/2-comma]] ||691.202||Close to [[92edo]], [[59edo]]. Historically significant (see [[historical temperaments]]). Everything up to this point does not have a whole tone between 10/9 and 9/8.
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|[[10/21-comma meantone|10/21-comma]]
|[[10/21-comma meantone|10/21-comma]]
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== Negative-harmonic-defined meantone (synonymous with [[Superpyth]]) ==
== Negative-harmonic-defined meantone (most often approached as [[Superpyth]]) ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 0/1-comma to -10/21-comma
|+Spectrum of meantone tunings 0/1-comma to -10/21-comma