equal temperament

Equal temperament is very common, but by no means universal.

Equal temperament is the basis for almost all of Western music today.

Equal temperament is not quite the modern disease defenders of old ways like to make it.

In an equal temperament, the distance between each step of the scale is the same interval.

Its design is western influenced and based on the principal of equal temperament.

In equal temperament, every interval is the same as all other intervals of its type.

Twelve tone equal temperament took hold for a variety of reasons.

He approved of equal temperament that was being used in England's organs.

Sometimes this is rounded to 300, which makes the unit more useful for equal temperament.

Modern organs or those tuned to a more equal temperament do not have this need.

In these instances, the practice sets can be tuned to equal temperament if needed.

In 1867 he had the organ retuned to equal temperament.

This connection with the major scale is more remarkable in the context of 19 equal temperament.

François uses different forms of equal temperament in his music.

His thesis was focused on the 19-tone equal temperament.

In twelve tone equal temperament the largest specific interval is 11.

"Equal temperament is like tract housing, where you go to a development and all the houses are basically the same," he said.

It is an experience that equal temperament, for all its utility, has more or less deadened.

The majority of his works are written in just intonation rather than the more widespread equal temperament.

Also, the intonation varies, and is quite different from the modern Western equal temperament.

He did not abandon equal temperament altogether, but often expressed a desire to do so.

The harmonic resources of equal temperament had really been exhausted."

Most theorists viewed equal temperament as a compromise or a necessary evil.

These are the precursors to the 50- 31- and 19-tone equal temperaments, respectively.

All are chromatic throughout their range, and tuned to the equal temperament scale.