MEANTONE SYSTEM


Meaning of MEANTONE SYSTEM in English

/meen"tohn'/ , Music.

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.

[ 1790-1800; MEAN 3 + TONE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .