平へい均きん律りつ

noun

equal temperament; mean-tone tuning

Music term for a tuning system where the octave is divided into equal intervals. In modern usage, 平均律 usually refers to equal temperament, while mean-tone tuning is a historical predecessor.

• バッハの「平へい均きん律りつクラヴィーア曲きょく集しゅう」は、平へい均きん律りつで調ちょう律りつされた鍵けん盤ばん楽がっ器きのために書かかれた。

  Bach's 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' was written for a keyboard instrument tuned in equal temperament.

• 平へい均きん律りつでは、すべての調ちょうが同おなじように響ひびく。

  In equal temperament, all keys sound the same.