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	A '''well temperament''' or a '''circulating temperament''' is a scale which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal-step tuning]]~~, preserving~~ the ~~transpositional invariance~~ of an equal-step tuning, but is not exactly the equal-step tuning being approximated. Historical well-temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and meantone fifths and resulted in 12 nearly equal notes.		A '''well temperament''' or a '''circulating temperament''' is a scale which is regarded as an approximation of an [[equal-step tuning]] and preserves the transposability of an equal-step tuning, but is not exactly the equal-step tuning being approximated. Historical well-temperaments were formed by stacking a combination of pure [[3/2]] and meantone fifths and resulted in 12 nearly equal notes.

	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.