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  2. Equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    12 tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system that approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into steps such that the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same.

  3. Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    The first two phrases of the melody from Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna" are based on the major pentatonic scale [1]. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale).

  4. Heptatonic scale - Wikipedia

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    Indian classical theory postulates seventy-two seven-tone scale types, collectively called melakarta or thaat, whereas others postulate twelve or ten (depending on the theorist) seven-tone scale types. Several heptatonic scales in Western, Roman, Spanish, Hungarian, and Greek music can be analyzed as juxtapositions of tetrachords. [1]

  5. Meantone temperament - Wikipedia

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    Twelve-tone equal temperament (12 TET) is obtained by making all semitones the same size, with each equal to one-twelfth of an octave; i.e. with ratios 12 √ 2 : 1. Relative to Pythagorean tuning , it narrows the perfect fifths by about 2 cents or ⁠ 1 / 12 ⁠ th of a Pythagorean comma to give a frequency ratio of 2 7 / 12 : 1 {\displaystyle ...

  6. 12 equal temperament - Wikipedia

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    12-tone equal temperament chromatic scale on C, one full octave ascending, notated only with sharps. Play ascending and descending ⓘ. 12 equal temperament (12-ET) [a] is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (≈ 1.05946).

  7. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    F ♯ 3 •B 3 B 3 •E 4 E 4 •A 4 A 4 A 4 •D 5 D 5 D 5 •G 5 G 5 G 5: Philippines One octave higher than the Philippine laud. Bandurria, Spanish 12 strings 6 courses. G ♯ 3 G ♯ 3 •C ♯ 4 C ♯ 4 •F ♯ 4 F ♯ 4 •B 4 B 4 •E 5 E 5 •A 5 A 5: Spain Standard tuning aka "Spanish tuning", one octave higher than the laud. Banjo ...

  8. Octave - Wikipedia

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    In music, an octave (Latin: octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) [2] is an interval between two notes, one having twice the frequency of vibration of the other. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music", the use of which is "common in most musical ...

  9. Quarter tone - Wikipedia

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    Quarter tone on C. A quarter tone is a pitch halfway between the usual notes of a chromatic scale or an interval about half as wide (orally, or logarithmically) as a semitone, which itself is half a whole tone. Quarter tones divide the octave by 50 cents each, and have 24 different pitches.