User:VectorGraphics/Neutral Just System: Difference between revisions
Created page with "The '''Neutral Just System''' is a system derived by Vector Graphics to notate just intonation and equal temperaments. The Pythagorean chain of fifths is taken as the base, with alterations stemming from there, much like in most other systems. However, the Pythagorean base is also extended with ''neutral'' (that is, irrational) intervals, to better capture the characteristics of intervals in the 11- and 13-limit. In other words, the formal commas for 11 and 13 define t..." |
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This means that, for example, the 3edf-step (the 1/3-sharp 1/3-pythflat major second) is unrelated to the septimal major second. | This means that, for example, the 3edf-step (the 1/3-sharp 1/3-pythflat major second) is unrelated to the septimal major second. | ||
Each accidental has an ASCII prefix form made of an initial and then the direction of the accidental. Initials are always written in lowercase to avoid confusion with note names (i.e. "C^" could be confused for a sharpened C note in another system, but "c^" is unambiguous). | |||
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|"James Tenney", "Tenney" would have had conflicting initial t- | |"James Tenney", "Tenney" would have had conflicting initial t- | ||
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