equal temperament
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the musical tuning system where the ratio between successive notes is constant
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A comparison of some equal temperaments. The graph spans one octave horizontally. Each shaded rectangle is the width of one step in a scale. The just interval ratios are separated in rows by their prime limits.
12 tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending
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