the defects of this tuning method became evident and the more flexible “well-tempered” tuning scheme was devised. This ensures that the ratio of pitch between every two adjacent notes is precisely the same.
The author seems to have confused well-temperament and equal temperament.
It is also odd that he calls just intonation a “simplification” of Pythagorean tuning.
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A recent blog post on thatsmaths.com was about Tonenetz, a diagram of harmonic relationships of notes. Tonenetz means 'tone network' in German :-)
Do you have a link to the post in thatsmaths?
https://thatsmaths.com/2025/10/16/music-and-maths-are-inextr...
The author seems to have confused well-temperament and equal temperament.
It is also odd that he calls just intonation a “simplification” of Pythagorean tuning.