just intonation

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Noun

just intonation

  1. (music) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch.
  2. (music) A tuning system in which intervals (the space between notes' frequencies) are derived from simple whole number ratios.
    Synonym: pure intonation
    • 1895 [1877], Alexander J. Ellis, transl., On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music, translation of Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen als physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik by Hermann von Helmholtz, page 314:
      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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