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-In '''2/7-comma meantone''', the JI fifth of [[3/2]] is flattened by 2/7 of a syntonic comma ([[81/80]].) It is one of the meantone tunings proposed early on, by Gioseffo Zarlino, Francisco Salinas and Vincenzo Galilei. It may also be described as the regular tuning which tempers out 81/80 and tunes 2 and [[25/24]] purely.
+In '''2/7-comma meantone''', the JI fifth of [[3/2]] is flattened by 2/7 of a syntonic comma ([[81/80]]).
+It is one of the meantone tunings proposed early on, by Gioseffo Zarlino, Francisco Salinas and Vincenzo Galilei.
+It may be described as the regular tuning which tempers out 81/80 and tunes 2/1 and [[25/24]] purely.
+It is also the tuning where the major third ([[5/4]]) and the minor third ([[6/5]]) are equally off from JI by 1/7 syntonic comma (''c''. 3.1 cents), with the major third flat, and the minor third sharp.
 == See also ==