单词 | mean tone |
释义 | mean tone/ˈmiːn ˌtəʊn/(also meantone, mean-tone) Music noun (As two words or hyphenated.) Either of the two equal intervals of a whole tone into which a major third may be divided, used as a basis for tuning keyboard instruments before the general adoption of equal temperament.
OriginLate 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Young (1773–1829), physician and natural philosopher. From mean + tone. |
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