equal temperament
Twelve identical semitones
Equal temperament is a system of tuning musical instruments where the octave is divided into twelve equal intervals.
This mathematical compromise allows playing in any key without retuning, though no interval except the octave is perfectly in tune.
Before equal temperament became standard, keyboard instruments sounded better in some keys than others.
The piano is tuned to equal temperament.
Serialism using all pitches
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- chromaticRelating to color
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- pitchFrequency of sound
concert pitch · tuning fork · cents · frequency · octave · calibration · standardization · adjustment
Keyed percussion instrument
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- organBody's working component
harpsichord · clavichord · fret · key · clavier · digital piano · electronic keyboard · marimba
German composer surname
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- adoptionLegal family formation
- nineteenth centuryYears 1801-1900
Varying signals to transmit
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- key signatureNotation showing tonal center
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
consonance · dissonance · atonal · Schoenberg · serialism
Comparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- logarithmExponent-determining mathematical operation
- irrational numberNon-ratio real value
- geometric progressionSeries multiplying by constant
exponential · division · computation · numerical · precision · deviation · approximation
twelve-tone
Serialism using all pitches
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- chromaticRelating to color
- intonationPitch variation in speech
pitch · concert pitch · tuning fork · cents · frequency · octave · calibration · standardization · adjustment · half steps
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
organ · harpsichord · clavichord · fret · key · clavier · digital piano · electronic keyboard · marimba · vibraphone
Bach
German composer surname
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- adoptionLegal family formation
nineteenth century · orchestral · globalization · enharmonic
modulation
Varying signals to transmit
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- key signatureNotation showing tonal center
- chromaticismUse of non-scale tones
chord · consonance · dissonance · atonal · Schoenberg · serialism
ratio
Comparative numerical relation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- logarithmExponent-determining mathematical operation
- irrational numberNon-ratio real value
geometric progression · exponential · division · computation · numerical · precision · deviation · approximation
- harmonyharmony, chord, chords, triad, triads
- Microtonal Musicmicrotones, quarter tone, shruti, retuning, enharmonic
- tuningtuning, intonation, tuning pegs, tuning peg, tuning key
- Pianogrand piano, upright piano, fortepiano, piano strings, soundboard
- acousticssound waves, sound wave, sound, soundwave, vibration
- temperamentscholeric, phlegmatic, melancholic, sanguine, introvert