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meantone system

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meantone system

[meen-tohn]
–noun Music.
a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats.

Origin:
1790–1800; mean 3 + tone
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