Timeline for What is the difference between the terms "tuning system" and "temperament"?
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| Sep 27, 2021 at 13:28 | comment | added | Scott Wallace | To be clear: my argument is not with you, because I have heard very similar definitions of the difference between tuning and temperament, and I think they are widely accepted. I just don't see how such definitions can be precisely deliminated. | |
| Sep 27, 2021 at 6:43 | comment | added | Scott Wallace | but you just said that 12EDO, aka equal temperament, is a temperament. So some EDO's are tuning systems, but others are temperaments? How do you decide which is which? If 12EDO is a temperament, and 7EDO a tuning, what about 19EDO? 31EDO? I don't see how a sharp line can be drawn between tunings and temperaments. | |
| Sep 26, 2021 at 14:34 | comment | added | Aaron | @ScottWallace In it's "pure' form, 7-EDO is a tuning system, but there are tempered versions of it. This is well explained in the Xenharmonic Wiki. This is also covered in Wikipedia's Equal Temperament, though the terms aren't so rigidly defined. | |
| Sep 26, 2021 at 10:59 | comment | added | Scott Wallace | Would a tuning system such as 7EDO (seven equal divisions in the octave) be considered a temperament? It doesn't really qualify as adjustments to an existing tuning system. I don't think the distinction can be clearly made. | |
| Sep 25, 2021 at 18:18 | history | edited | Aaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2021 at 17:16 | history | answered | Aaron | CC BY-SA 4.0 |