Scale: Difference between revisions
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In practice, considering that there are physical limitations to the accuracy of an instrument's tuning, especially in the context of acoustic instruments, a tolerance should be allowed to avoid labelling as abstract what would otherwise be concrete scales. Similarly, playing out of tune with relation to a given concrete scale would correspond to playing outside of that tolerance. The concept of [[just-noticeable difference]] (JND) may be helpful to determine a reasonable tolerance. | In practice, considering that there are physical limitations to the accuracy of an instrument's tuning, especially in the context of acoustic instruments, a tolerance should be allowed to avoid labelling as abstract what would otherwise be concrete scales. Similarly, playing out of tune with relation to a given concrete scale would correspond to playing outside of that tolerance. The concept of [[just-noticeable difference]] (JND) may be helpful to determine a reasonable tolerance. | ||
Analogous definitions exist for [[tuning system]]s. | |||
== Scale properties == | == Scale properties == | ||