Talk:Septimal meantone temperament

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If this is "septimal meantone", then what do you call the linear temperament with a generator of a narrow fourth or wide fifth, so the minor third approximates 7/6 and the major third approximates 9/7? Would that be called "reverse meantone"? —Keenan Pepper 21:48, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Wouldn't that be a type of schismatic temperament? — Gwalla | Talk 05:23, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Well in this case it would be tempering the septimal comma 64:63 to a unison, not tempering out a schisma. 'Meantone' would not quite be the right term unless the fifth was widened just enough to make 9:7 pure, leaving a wide mean tone halfway between 9:8 and 8:7. 69.7.77.20 (talk) 21:39, 29 May 2008 (UTC)