Just intonation

noun

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

    "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."

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"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."

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