meantone system

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Definition of meantone system words

noun meantone system a system for tuning keyboard instruments, used before the development of tuning by equal temperament and considered practical only for tonalities of not more than two sharps or flats. 1

before 1790

One of the 43% newest English words

First recorded in 1790-1800; mean3 + tone

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