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- Twelve 5ths > 7 octaves
(1.512=129.75) > (27=128)
- Mean Tempering Favors Fifths
adjust semitones to make most Fifths perfect but leaves
annoying "Wolf Fifths" which can be avoided for any one piece by
specialized tuning
- Even Tempering Favors Octaves
adjusts semitones to make octaves work and
abandons consonance of the perfect fifths
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