Meantone Tuning. The simplest meantone tuning is quarter comma f 1 4 where each perfect fifth is out of tune by a ratio of the 4th root of 80 81 which is about 5 5 cents. Meantone tuning meantone tuning most commonly 1 4 syntonic comma is a tuning system based on pure thirds.
Meantone tuning meantone tuning most commonly 1 4 syntonic comma is a tuning system based on pure thirds. Meantone temperament was oriented around major thirds a musical interval such as c e covering four semitones. Now when you pile up four quarter comma tempered fifths you get a major third which is exactly in tune.
Meantone tuning meantone tuning most commonly 1 4 syntonic comma is a tuning system based on pure thirds.
Now when you pile up four quarter comma tempered fifths you get a major third which is exactly in tune. Meantone temperament is a musical temperament that is a tuning system obtained by slightly compromising the fifths in order to improve the thirds. Now when you pile up four quarter comma tempered fifths you get a major third which is exactly in tune. Meantone temperament was oriented around major thirds a musical interval such as c e covering four semitones.