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The Development of the Equal Temperament Scale

Evolution or Radical Change?

Tuning Comparison
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Tuning

Scale and Chords

Mozart's Sonata no. 11 in A major

Mozart's Sonata with adjusted tonic (tuned to "A")
Pythagorean

N/A
Just Intonation
1/4 Mean-tone
Werckmeister's Well Tempered III N/A
Kirnberger's Well Tempered N/A
Equal Temperament N/A
 

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