Regular temperament is any tempered system of musical tuning such that each frequency ratio is obtainable as a product of powers of a finite number of generators, or generating frequency ratios. The classic example of a regular temperament is meantone temperament, where the generating intervals are usually given in terms of a slightly flattened fifth and the octave.
The best-known example of a linear temperaments is meantone, but others include the schismatic temperament of Hermann von Helmholtz and miracle temperament.
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