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Well v.s. equal temperament |
 | | Bach's motivation for composing the WTC was to demonstrate the feasability of composing in well temperament and to demostrate the varying key colors in well tempered tuning as one progresses around the circle of fifths. |
| | Well temperament represented a departure from the various meantone tunings that were used in earlier music. |
| | Equal temperament is appropriate for some music of the 20th century, especially atonal music, and music based on the whole tone scale, but not for the works of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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