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well-tempered

adjective

  1. (of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperament See temperament

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Then, after a while, Biden’s well-tempered strategy collapsed.

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It bends the well-tempered notes of the European scale into idiosyncratic microtones and mocks any inflexible rhythm.

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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€

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“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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