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I have heard that : if you avoid exposure to equal temperament (western compromise tuning that allows 12 keys with equal deviation from the Pythagorean (intege

I have heard that : if you avoid exposure to equal temperament (western compromise tuning that allows 12 keys with equal deviation from the Pythagorean (integer) ratios) , and only listen to "just intonation" - various tunings that adhere to the integer ratios, you get used to the just intonations and find equal temperament "out of tune". I don't get the impression this study tried to use subjects who weren't still hearing "regular" music.

noriviola 3y ago
The study directly investigate this, you will find it in Fig. 8: Dyadic preferences for (mis)tunings of the major 3rd. What you see is that (modern) people preferences are NEITHER to just intonation (integer ratios) OR equal temperament (which they were presumably exposed to). What happens that depends on timbre (and this is new too) participant prefer tuning that slightly deviates from just intonation but NOT exactly equal temperament!! Full study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45812-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45812-z