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A '''well temperament''' is a [[circulating temperament]] which is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a [[MOS scale]], where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same. | |||
* [[Kirnberger]] – Kirnberger temperament | * [[Kirnberger]] – Kirnberger temperament | ||
# the fifths are [[3/2|pure]], except for | # the fifths are [[3/2|pure]], except for | ||
Revision as of 07:28, 31 March 2021
A well temperament is a circulating temperament which is intermediate between an equal temperament, where all of the intervals in the class are tuned the same, and a MOS scale, where for a class containing a generator all but one of the intervals are tuned the same.
- Kirnberger – Kirnberger temperament
- the fifths are pure, except for
- the C–G, D–A, G–D and A–E fifths are quarter comma meantone
- the F#–Db is the wolf fifth, a schisma flat
- Vallotti – Vallotti/Young temperament
- the fifths are pure, except for
- the C–G, D–A, E–B, F–C, G–D and A–E fifths are 1/6 Pythagorean comma flat.