just intonation

English

Noun

just intonation

1. (music) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch.
2. (music) A tuning system in which intervals (the space between notes' frequencies) are derived from simple whole number ratios.

   Synonym: pure intonation

   • 1895 [1877], Alexander J. Ellis, transl., On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music, translation of Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen als physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik by Hermann von Helmholtz, page 314:

     But the combinatorial tones of the equally tempered Thirds lie between those of the perfect and Pythagorean Thirds, and are less than a semitone different from those of just intonation.

Translations

tuning

• Chinese: 纯律 (zh) (chúnlǜ)
• German: reine Stimmung f
• Spanish: temperamento justo m