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  1. In music, a system of tuning the pitches of a
  2. mode or scale; in folk music to preserve its
  3. emotional or ritual meaning, in Western music
  4. to allow maximum flexibility for changing
  5. key. J S Bach wrote The Well-Tempered Clavier
  6. to demonstrate the superiority of this system
  7. of tuning.
  8.