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