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Temperament types

Temperament Type Description

Equal

This is the most popular tuning method that divides the scale into twelve equal semi-tones. This produces

the same chordal intervals in all twelve keys, and has the advantage of limitless modulation of the key.

However the tonality of each key becomes less characteristic and no chord is in pure consonance

Pure Maj/Min

This temperament, which eliminates dissonances for thirds and fths is still popular for choral music

because of its perfect harmony. When playing in a major key select ‘Pure Maj’ and when playing in a minor

key select ‘Pure Min’

Pythagorean This temperament, which uses mathematical ratios to eliminate dissonance for fths, is very limited for use

with chords, but it produces very characteristic melodic lines.

Meantone

This temperament, which uses a mean between a major and minor whole tone to eliminate dissonance for

thirds, was devised to eliminate the lack of consonances experienced with certain fths for the Mersenne

pure temperament. It produces chords that are more beautiful than those with the equal temperament.

Werkmeis/Kirnberg

These two temperaments are placed in between Meantone and Pythagorean. For music with few

accidentals, this temperament produces the beautiful chords of the mean tone, but as accidentals

increase, the temperament produces the characteristic melodies of the Pythagorean temperament. It is

used primarily for classical music written in the Baroque era to revive the original characteristics.

Sys.User1/2 User dened temperament created by raising lor lowering the pitch for each semi-tone.

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Creating USER temperaments

Please refer to the User Edit explanation in the SYSTEM Menu chapter (page 75).

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