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[[19edo]] can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience. Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used without new accidentals).

Music in what is essentially 19edo ({{frac|1|3}}-[[81/80|comma]] [[meantone]]) dates back to the 16th century, contemporary with the initial proposals for [[12edo]]. Major and minor thirds and sixths in 19edo are more ~~blended and consonant~~ than in 12edo, due to being closer to common just intervals, and the perfect fourth and fifth are only slightly less clear than 12edo.

Music in what is essentially 19edo ({{frac|1|3}}-[[81/80|comma]] [[meantone]]) dates back to the 16th century, contemporary with the initial proposals for [[12edo]]. Major and minor thirds and sixths in 19edo are more concordant than in 12edo, due to being closer to common just intervals, and the perfect fourth and fifth are only slightly less clear than 12edo.

Longer scale fretted instruments like guitar and bass guitar have fret placements that don't require major modification of playing techniques, and isometric keyboard instruments can represent this tuning ergonomically with three rows of keys or buttons. Due to the close relationship with other classical temperaments, some wind instruments can be played with alternative fingerings to approximate 19edo.

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 [[19edo]] can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience.  Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used without new accidentals).
-Music in what is essentially 19edo ({{frac|1|3}}-[[81/80|comma]] [[meantone]]) dates back to the 16th century, contemporary with the initial proposals for [[12edo]]. Major and minor thirds and sixths in 19edo are more blended and consonant than in 12edo, due to being closer to common just intervals, and the perfect fourth and fifth are only slightly less clear than 12edo.
+Music in what is essentially 19edo ({{frac|1|3}}-[[81/80|comma]] [[meantone]]) dates back to the 16th century, contemporary with the initial proposals for [[12edo]]. Major and minor thirds and sixths in 19edo are more concordant than in 12edo, due to being closer to common just intervals, and the perfect fourth and fifth are only slightly less clear than 12edo.
 Longer scale fretted instruments like guitar and bass guitar have fret placements that don't require major modification of playing techniques, and isometric keyboard instruments can represent this tuning ergonomically with three rows of keys or buttons.  Due to the close relationship with other classical temperaments, some wind instruments can be played with alternative fingerings to approximate 19edo.