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Equal temperament

Equal temperament is a musical temperament (tuning system) that divides the octave into 12 identical parts. It is a logarithmic scale with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 ( 2 12 {\textstyle {\sqrt[{12}]{2}}} ≈ 1.05946).

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