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~~i have a user page now~~ :)

==~~music theory that does~~ not ~~have a name yet~~==

==list of things i do not like about the wiki==

~~A number of things bother me about the way tuning~~ is ~~done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even~~ all ~~that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise;~~ the ~~first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for~~ things~~, that does not mean I have to~~ like ~~them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing~~.

this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.

~~So I decided~~ to ~~formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into~~ a ~~music theory~~, ~~inspired by [https://youtu~~.be~~/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata]~~.

* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.

* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.

* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)

~~===Terms===~~

~~First~~, ~~some terms. Most~~ of ~~these are widely-used but I might~~ be ~~using them slightly differently here~~.

~~- Harmonic series~~

~~The set of pitches with frequencies that~~ are ~~integer multiples of~~ the ~~fundamental~~, ~~including~~ the ~~fundamental itself~~. ~~This~~ is ~~called~~ the ~~harmonic series of that fundamental~~.

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-i have a user page now :)
+{{todo|inline=1|short bio thingy|add more todos}}
+{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Squib/}}
-==music theory that does not have a name yet==
+==list of things i do not like about the wiki==
-A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
+this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.
-So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].
+* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.
+* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.
+* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)
-===Terms===
-First, some terms. Most of these are widely-used but I might be using them slightly differently here.
-- Harmonic series
-The set of pitches with frequencies that are integer multiples of the fundamental, including the fundamental itself. This is called the harmonic series of that fundamental.