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well-tempered
adjective
(of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperament See temperament
Example Sentences
As television cameras rolled, and after some well-tempered discussion, Trump was asked by a journalist about what it would take for him to be convinced that discredited claims of "white genocide" in South Africa are untrue.
Then, after a while, Biden’s well-tempered strategy collapsed.
It bends the well-tempered notes of the European scale into idiosyncratic microtones and mocks any inflexible rhythm.
In 1966 he wrote of overcoming his dissatisfaction with two takes of a fugue from Book 1 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, one take he considered “rather pompous†and the other overly jubilant — and both “monotonous.â€
“I live with his music all the time, I love it deeply,†Shaw said, adding that the second book of “The Well-Tempered Clavier†has been her “soundtrack†for the past year.
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