Circulating temperament
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A //circulating temperament// is a [[Periodic scale|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 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.
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<html><head><title>Circulating Temperaments</title></head><body>A <em>circulating temperament</em> is a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Periodic%20scale">periodic scale</a> 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.<br /> <br /> A circulating temperament 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.</body></html>