meantone temperament - Music Glossary
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### 1.140 meantone temperament

I: accordatura mesotonica, F: tempérament mésotonique, D: mitteltönige Stimmung, NL: middenstemming, middentoonstemming, DK: middeltonetemperatur, S: medeltonstemperatur, FI: keskisävelviritys.

Temperament yielding acoustically pure thirds by decreasing the natural fifth by 16 →cents. Due to the non-circular character of this →temperament only a limited set of keys are playable. Used for tuning keyboard instruments for performance of pre-1650 music.

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