Historical temperaments
Historical temperaments are temperaments which saw use during historical times and places, most commonly medieval, early modern or industrial-age Europe.
Examples
Examples include:
- Meantone
- 1/2 comma (Fogliano 1529)
- 19edo (Costeley 1558)
- 1/3 comma (Salinas 1577)
- Lucy (Harrison 1775)
- 2/7 comma (Zarlino 1558)
- 5/18 comma (Smith 1749)
- 50edo (Henfling 1710)
- 7/26 comma (Woolhouse 1835)
- Golden (Kornerup 1930)
- 1/4 comma (Schlick 1511 & Aron 1523)
- 31edo (Vicentino 1555)
- 2/9 comma (Rossi 1666 & Drobisch 1855)
- 74edo (Riccati 1762)
- 3/14 comma (Riccati 1762)
- 1/5 comma (Verheyen c. 1600 & Sauveur 1701)
- 43edo (Sauveur 1701)
- 55edo (Beer <1722)
- 1/6 comma (Silbermann <1748)
- 4/25 comma (Marsh 1809)
- 1/7 comma (Romieu 1758)
- 12edo (Chu Tsai-yü 1596)
- Well temperament
- Kellner
- Kirnberger
- Neidhart
- Hof (court)
- Grosse stadt (large town)
- Kleine stadt (small town)
- Dorf (village)
- Temperament ordinaire
- Vallotti
- Werckmeister
- Werckmeister I
- Werckmeister II
- Werckmeister III
- Werckmeister IV (Orgelprobe)
- Werckmeister V
- Werckmeister VI (Septenarius)
- Young
See also
- Georgian musical tradition
- List of approaches to musical tuning
- People
- Pre-Columbian South American musical traditions
- Seigneur Dieu ta pitié (historical composition in 19edo)
- Temperament extradordinaire (modern temperament inspired by the historical Temperament ordinaire)
- Tempered: Qcmte84a
- Just: Secor5_23TX
- Tetrachord