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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/JJC_-_PHYS_110/03%3A_Book-_Sound_-_An_Interactive_eBook_(Forinash_and_Christian)/3.14%3A_Musical_Scales/3.14.01%3A_Musical_Scales/3.14.1.03%3A_Temperament_Simulation
      This will not be the case for an equal temperament scale because the 12 notes of the scale are equally spaced in the octave which results in the 5\text{th} note not being an exact 3/2 rati...This will not be the case for an equal temperament scale because the 12 notes of the scale are equally spaced in the octave which results in the 5\text{th} note not being an exact 3/2 ratio of the tonic (it is in fact a ratio of 1.4953 between \text{C} and \text{G} for the equal temperament instead of 3/2 = 1.5 as is the case for the Pythagorean temperament).

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