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	In '''Free Style JI''', pitches are not chosen from a fixed just scale, but		In '''Free Style JI''', pitches are not chosen from a fixed just scale, but instead determined by their ratio with the previous melody note or with a note in the current harmony.<ref name="polansky1987harrison"/>
	instead determined by their ratio with the previous melody note or with a note
	in the current harmony.<ref name="polansky1987harrison" />

	== Definition ==		== Definition ==
			Lou Harrison defines the Free Style in his Music Primer<ref name="harrison1970primer"/>:
	Lou Harrison defines the Free Style in his Music Primer<ref name="harrison1970primer" />:

	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	After only a brief study of intervals it becomes clear that there are two ways		After only a brief study of intervals it becomes clear that there are two ways of composing with them: 1) arranging them into a fixed mode, or gamut, & then composing within that structure. This is Strict Style, & is the vastly predominant world method. However, another way is possible — 2) to freely assemble, or compose with whatever intervals one feels that he needs as he goes along. This is Free Style, & I used this method first in my Simfony in Free Style. Lovely new devices & expressions are possible in this style…
	of composing with them: 1) arranging them into a fixed mode, or gamut, & then
	composing within that structure. This is Strict Style, & is the vastly
	predominant world method. However, another way is possible — 2) to freely
	assemble, or compose with whatever intervals one feels that he needs as he goes
	along. This is Free Style, & I used this method first in my Simfony in Free
	Style. Lovely new devices & expressions are possible in this ~~style...~~
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>

	Lou Harrison's use of Strict and Free Style is discussed in <ref name="dalton2017freedom" />.		Lou Harrison's use of Strict and Free Style is discussed in <ref name="dalton2017freedom"/>.

	== Music ==		== Music ==
			Harrison composed three pieces in Free Style, the first being his 1955 ''Simfony in Free Style''. An [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-simfony-in-free-style-premiere American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) recording] is available online.

	~~Harrison composed three pieces in Free Style, the first being his 1955 ''Simfony in Free Style''.~~		Harrison's second piece in Free Style is his 1963 ''At the Tomb of Charles Ives''. There is an [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-of-charles-ives AFMM recording] as well as an excerpt of a [https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives performance by the Slee Sinfonietta].
	~~An [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-simfony-in-free-style-premiere American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM) recording]~~
	~~is available online.~~

	Harrison's second piece in Free Style is his 1963 ''At the Tomb of Charles Ives''. There is an
	[https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-of-charles-ives AFMM recording] as well as an excerpt
	of a [https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives performance by the Slee Sinfonietta].

	The third piece is Harrison's 1974 ''A Phrase for Arion's Leap'', for which there is an		The third piece is Harrison's 1974 ''A Phrase for Arion's Leap'', for which there is an [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-precision-piece-a-phrase-for-arions-leap-babin-tsuda-reinhard-yallech-2 AFMM recording]. Also see [https://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/scores/other_peoples_scores/lou_harrison/arions_leap_recopied.4.pdf Larry Polansky's transcription], which gives the stepwise intervals in the original score in bold and the absolute intervals below.
	[https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/track/lou-harrison-precision-piece-a-phrase-for-arions-leap-babin-tsuda-reinhard-yallech-2 AFMM recording].
	Also see [https://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/scores/other_peoples_scores/lou_harrison/arions_leap_recopied.4.pdf Larry Polansky's transcription],
	which gives the stepwise intervals in the original score in bold and the absolute intervals below.

	Larry Polansky's 1986 ''B’rey’sheet'', for singer and live interactive		Larry Polansky's 1986 ''B’rey’sheet'', for singer and live interactive computer, uses Free Style JI through a computer program written in
	computer, uses Free Style JI through a computer program written in		[https://github.com/philburk/hmsl HMSL].<ref name="polansky2018words"/> There is a [https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/track/breysheet-in-the-beginning recording on Bandcamp].
	[https://github.com/philburk/hmsl HMSL].<ref name="polansky2018words" />
	There is a [https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/track/breysheet-in-the-beginning recording on Bandcamp].

	James Tenney's 2006 string quartet ''Arbor Vitae'' makes algorithmic use of		James Tenney's 2006 string quartet ''Arbor Vitae'' makes algorithmic use of Free Style JI.<ref name="winter2008arbor" /> There is a
	Free Style JI.<ref name="winter2008arbor" /> There is a
	[https://collectionqb.bandcamp.com/album/arbor-vit recording by Quatuor Bozzini] on Bandcamp.		[https://collectionqb.bandcamp.com/album/arbor-vit recording by Quatuor Bozzini] on Bandcamp.

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	== Notations ==		== Notations ==

	Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:		Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:

	* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]]		* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]]
	* [[Color notation]]		* [[Color notation]]

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-[[Lou Harrison]] invented the term '''free style JI''' from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.
+In '''Free Style JI''', pitches are not chosen from a fixed just scale, but
-Free style JI is also sometimes referred to as '''rational intonation''' or '''RI'''.
+== Definition ==
-In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.
+Lou Harrison defines the Free Style in his Music Primer<ref name="harrison1970primer" />:
-[[Toby Twining]]'s ''Chrysalid Requiem'' makes local use of subharmonic, harmonic, 3s-and-7s, and other subsets of JI; however its large-scale modulations wander far and never return precisely to the 1/1 begun with.
+<blockquote>
-[[Chuckk Hubbard]]'s [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] is offered as a tool, with which Chuckk himself has composed several works.
+Lou Harrison's use of Strict and Free Style is discussed in <ref name="dalton2017freedom" />.
-Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192437/http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].
+== Music ==
-<ul><li>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111104013325/http://www.justintonation.net:80/ Just Intonation network]</li></ul>
+Harrison composed three pieces in Free Style, the first being his 1955 ''Simfony in Free Style''.
 Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:
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 * [[Sagittal notation]]
-{{todo|inline=1|improve synopsis|improve layout}}
+== References ==
 [[Category:Just intonation]]
 [[Category:Terms]]

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	[[Category:Just intonation]]		[[Category:Just intonation]]
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	[[Lou Harrison]] invented the term '''free style JI''' from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.		[[Lou Harrison]] invented the term '''free style JI''' from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.

	Free style JI is also sometimes referred to as '''rational intonation''' or ''RI''.		Free style JI is also sometimes referred to as '''rational intonation''' or '''RI'''.

	In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.		In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.

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	[[Lou Harrison]] invented ~~this~~ term from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.		[[Lou Harrison]] invented the term '''free style JI''' from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.

			Free style JI is also sometimes referred to as '''rational intonation''' or ''RI''.

	In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.		In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.

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	[[Chuckk Hubbard]]'s [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] is offered as a tool, with which Chuckk himself has composed several works.		[[Chuckk Hubbard]]'s [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] is offered as a tool, with which Chuckk himself has composed several works.

	Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].		Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20120728192437/http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].

	<ul><li>http://www.justintonation.net/~~{{dead link}}~~</li></ul>		<ul><li>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111104013325/http://www.justintonation.net:80/ Just Intonation network]</li></ul>

	Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:		Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:

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	[[Lou Harrison]] invented this term from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[~~http~~://~~www.cdbaby~~.com/cd/~~pitchrecs3~~ At The Tomb of Charles Ives] "; Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.		[[Lou Harrison]] invented this term from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[https://soundcloud.com/center-21stcentury-music/lou-harrison-at-the-tomb-iof-charles-ives At The Tomb of Charles Ives]" (see also [http://web.archive.org/web/20190408152307/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 Archived page on CD Baby]); Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.

	In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.		In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.
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	Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].		Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].

	<ul><li>http://www.justintonation.net/</li></ul>		<ul><li>http://www.justintonation.net/{{dead link}}</li></ul>

	Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:		Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:

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	[[~~Lou_Harrison\|~~Lou Harrison]] invented this term from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 At The Tomb of Charles Ives] "; Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[~~David_Doty\|~~David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.		[[Lou Harrison]] invented this term from a technique he applied first in the middle section of his piece "[http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/pitchrecs3 At The Tomb of Charles Ives] "; Instead of working with a set of fixed pitches, his concept was instead to use a set of fixed intervals regardless where this lead one. [[David Doty]] realized a midi version of a Symphony in Free Style That Mr. Harrison wrote.

	In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.		In adding freedom you may be sacrificing a 'safety' of familiarity, tonality, simplicity of materials, etc. It is a dangerous and rewarding world out there. Another consideration is that unless an effort is made to restrict the range of tonalities, the numerators and denominators grow with time and become unwieldy and eventually impossible to manage. If no such effort is made, they grow linearly. One possible solution is nanotempering--using an equal temperament so high it cannot be distinguished from JI.

	[[~~Toby_Twining\|~~Toby Twining]]'s ''Chrysalid Requiem'' makes local use of subharmonic, harmonic, 3s-and-7s, and other subsets of JI; however its large-scale modulations wander far and never return precisely to the 1/1 begun with.		[[Toby Twining]]'s ''Chrysalid Requiem'' makes local use of subharmonic, harmonic, 3s-and-7s, and other subsets of JI; however its large-scale modulations wander far and never return precisely to the 1/1 begun with.

	[[~~Chuckk_Hubbard\|~~Chuckk Hubbard]]'s [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] is offered as a tool, with which Chuckk himself has composed several works.		[[Chuckk Hubbard]]'s [http://rationale.sourceforge.net/ Rationale] is offered as a tool, with which Chuckk himself has composed several works.

	Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[~~jim_altieri\|~~jim altieri]]'s [http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].		Two pitch calculators which could also be helpful: [http://jjicalc.sourceforge.net/ JJICalc] and [[jim altieri]]'s [http://tweeg.net/software.html interval calculator].

	<ul><li>http://www.justintonation.net/</li></ul>		<ul><li>http://www.justintonation.net/</li></ul>
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	Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:		Notations which are capable of notating the whole of free-JI:

	~~<ul><li>~~[[~~Rational_Comma_Notation_(RCN)\|~~Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]]~~</li><li>~~[[Color notation~~\|Color Notation~~]]~~</li><li>~~[[Sagittal notation~~\|Sagittal~~]]~~</li></ul>~~		* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]]
	~~[[Category:ji]]~~		* [[Color notation]]
	[[Category:~~just~~]]		* [[Sagittal notation]]

			[[Category:Just intonation]]
	[[Category:Terms]]		[[Category:Terms]]

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