Talk:Musical temperament

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I think this article is the best place to add the details relating to the adjustment of pitch in western band and orchestra instruments from equal temperment to just temperment. Western college students are taught cents to make these adjustments. The article would help band and orchestra students learn when and why they need to adjust their pitch of individual notes upward or downward as a function of the key they are presently playing in.

I would like to add a section Just termperment and equal tempermant that would include a table of cents adjustments, and a tutorial for its use.

Alternatively, a separate article could be made, or it might be added as an application use in the cents article.

Mbbradford 21:25, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 2 is somewhat more special than 3 or 5 but not infinitely so

Are there any temperaments in use that adjust the octave, {instead of/as well as} the fifth or the third, to improve the worst of them? —Tamfang 05:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but they're a bit more rare. Check out at the bottom of equal temperament. You should find the Bohlen-Pierce scale, and Wendy Carlos' alpha/beta scales as a couple of examples. - Rainwarrior 05:41, 6 December 2006 (UTC)