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Definition of Equal temperament
1. Noun. The division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones. "Equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Equal Temperament
Literary usage of Equal temperament
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The History of equal temperament. When once the Pythagorean division of ...
Amiot reports equal temperament from China long previously even to Pythagoras. ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"Against its defects, equal temperament has one great advantage which specially
adapts it ... Hence in equal temperament, each Fifth ought to be made flat by ..."
3. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1895)
"This system of tuning is called equal temperament, and the semitone it produces
is called a mean semitone. The value of a mean semitone, expressed in the ..."
4. The Philosophy of Music: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures by William Pole (1879)
"This system of tuning is called equal temperament, and the semitone it produces
is called a mean semitone. The value of a mean semitone, expressed in the ..."
5. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1891)
"knowes" or a tune like "Martyrs" cannot be reproduced on an instrument of fixed
tones tuned on the equal temperament system. It is usually possible, ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"A curious proof occurred a few years ago as to the mischief the equal temperament
did to the tone of an organ. Dr. Pole had to superintend the construction ..."
7. The Story of Organ Music by C[harles] F[rancis] Abdy Williams (1905)
"... —equal temperament first proposed in Spain—Change of style in organ
music—Eslava—Portuguese ... equal temperament ..."
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