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Not all mediums are fixed pitch, obviously. Prior to instrumental music, as close an aproximation to just intonation as possible was definitely the norm. And while a string section may intonate A-Db-E as a major chord if it is obviously functioning as such, it will not necessarily intonate all Db's and C#'s exactly the same. As you point out, function and context are paramount. The point being that they are not the same thing because depending on the context they may imply different intonations. You are correct in your summarization of the history of temperament; that is the point I was trying to make originally.