equal temperament

English

Noun

equal temperament (uncountable)

1. (music theory) A tuning system in which every interval (as a ratio of frequencies) is some exactly positive integral power of some smallest, other than the unison, base interval. In particular:
   1. Twelve-tone equal temperament: The European semi-harmonic interval compromise among the chromatic notes.

Translations

a tuning system...

• Czech: rovnoměrná temperatura f
• Finnish: tasaviritys
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: temperamento igual m