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	A '''circulating temperament''' is a [[periodic scale]] with the property that for at least one [[interval class]], all of the intervals in the class can be regarded as approximations of a ~~single~~ just interval, but which is not an [[equal temperament]]. In the best known examples, the interval approximated is a fifth and the scale has twelve notes to an octave.		A '''circulating temperament''' is a [[periodic scale]] with the property that for at least one [[interval class]], all of the intervals in the class can be regarded as approximations of some targeted interval (such as a fixed just interval, or a generator of an [[edo]]), but which is not an [[equal temperament]]. In the best known examples, the interval approximated is a fifth and the scale has twelve notes to an octave.

	One of the advantages of these tunings, is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly.		One of the advantages of these tunings, is that because they are not quite equal, each chord (or key) has a slightly different character because the interval sizes have changed slightly.