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= | == Projects involving this wiki == | ||
[[ | === WikiProjects === | ||
'''WikiProjects''' are major ongoing initiatives to improve key areas of the wiki. They are similar to Wikipedia {{w|WikiProjects}}. | |||
[[ | * [[Xenharmonic Wiki:Wikifuture|Wikifuture]], for general long-term plans for the wiki. | ||
* [[Xenharmonic Wiki:WikiProject TempClean|WikiProject TempClean]], for the cleanup of our deluge of regular temperament articles. | |||
* [[Xenharmonic Wiki:WikiProject Mospage|WikiProject Mospage]], for a similar cleanup effort for MOS-related articles. | |||
* [[Xenharmonic Wiki:WikiProject Just Intonation|WikiProject Just Intonation]], to make the wiki's coverage of just intonation topics more expansive. | |||
= | === Other projects involving the Xen Wiki community === | ||
Smaller in scope than WikiProjects, but still well worth a look. | |||
[[ | * [[ProgressReport]]: tell your story! | ||
[[ | * [[The Enigma Assignment]]: resulted in much original music | ||
[[ | * [[Porcupine_Album_Project|Porcupine Album Project]] (2012) | ||
* [[MMMMonth07|MMMMonth07]] — a proposal/brainstorm that wasn't acted upon. | |||
= | == Microtonal organizations == | ||
[[http:// | * The [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] (active c. 1958-present) — [[Ivor_Darreg|Ivor Darreg]]'s mail-driven network of exchanging microtonal music and ideas, which gradually morphed into an online social group. | ||
** [[Tuning of the Month Club]] (channel in Discord server) (active 2023-present) | |||
[ | ** [[Monthly Tunings]] (Facebook group) (active 2016-present) | ||
[[http://www. | * [http://bostonmicrotonalsociety.org/ Boston Microtonal Society] — founded 1998 (permanent chamber ensemble NotaRiotous founded 2005; spring and fall concerts). | ||
* British Harry Partch Society — founded c. 1994 by Brian Apter & Roger Merrick according to [https://www.didaskalia.net/issues/vol3no1/chalmers.html#:~:text=%5B2%5D%20The%20British%20Harry%20Partch,'11%2Dlimit%20extended%20JI. Didaskalia] (not currently active) | |||
* [http://www.iaauralarts.org/ Institute for the Advancement of Aural Arts] (IAAA) — [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]]'s lecture collective. | |||
* [http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com/ OddMusic Urbana-Champaign] (Illinois) — instrument-building, scale-building composers collective, with emphasis on face-to-face musical meetings. | |||
* [http://www.donaldbousted.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm Microtonal Projects Ltd.] (UK) — founded 2004 by Drs. Bousted. | |||
* [http://microtonalismo.com/proyecto-xvii Project XVII] (Lima-Perú) — 17 edo and microtonal harmony. | |||
* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/index_en.html Huygens-Fokker Foundation] — English version | |||
* [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/index_en.html Stichting Huygens-Fokker (Amsterdam)] — promoting especially 31-tone music, well-maintained website with increasingly frequent events! — Dutch version | |||
* [http://untwelve.org/ UnTwelve] (Chicago) — a Midwest-based project offering concerts, listening parties, and a composition competition. | |||
* [http://www.worldharmonyproject.com/ World Harmony Project] (Florida, most active 1992-2005) — world music with [[Denny_Genovese|Denny Genovese]]'s just intonation [[percussion]] orchestra. | |||
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en Ekmelic Music Society/Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik] (Austria), main focus is on 72edo, overtone music. | |||
== | == Microtonal festivals and events == | ||
[[ | * [http://afmm.org/ American Festival of Microtonal Music] (New York) — festival founded by [[Johnny_Reinhard|Johnny Reinhard]] in 1981(?). See also PITCH label. | ||
[[ | * [http://www.microfest.org/ Microfest] (LA area) — Annual festival founded in 1997. | ||
[[ | * [http://www.thingamajigs.org/ Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival] (Bay area) — Annual festival founded in 1997, focused on odd instruments and tunings. | ||
* [http://justintonation.net/ Just Intonation Network] (Bay Area) — in need of assistance in organizing since spring 2006! | |||
* [[MMMday06|MMMDay06]] (internet, 4/8/2006) — a convergence of microtonal music making. Final product: a podcast. | |||
* [http://bohlen-pierce-conference.org/ Bohlen–Pierce Symposium] (Boston, 2010) — first symposium on the [[Bohlen–Pierce scale]]. | |||
* [http://www.kibla.org/en/festivals/danes/ Festival (Da)(Ne)S 2011] (Slovenia) — this edition of KIBLA's festival focused on microtonality. Organized by [[Cameron_Bobro|Cameron Bobro]]. | |||
* [[Microtonal Design Unconference 2011]] | |||
* [[Xenharmonic_Praxis_Summer_Camp|Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] (West Virginia) — Summer camp for microtonal composition and performance started in 2011. | |||
* [[MMMMonth 2023]] - May revival initiative led by [[JacobBarton]] and whomever else steps up | |||
= | == Microtonal record labels == | ||
* [http://split-notes.com/ split-notes] — Microtonal-with-a-beat Netlabel. | |||
* Microtonal Record Shelf (?) | |||
* [http://xen-arts.net Xen-Arts] — Microtonal Netlabel | |||
* [http://spectropol.com/ Spectropol] — small-run/netlabel; not exclusively microtonal but very xen-heavy | |||
== Microtonal media, publishing, archives == | |||
* [http://ronsword.bigcartel.com/ IAAA Webstore] — guitar scale books by [[Ron_Sword|Ron Sword]] | |||
* [http://www.frogpeak.org/ Frog Peak] — artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works. | |||
* [http://anaphoria.com/ The North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island] archives of Microtonal materials including [[Erv_Wilson|Erv Wilson]], [[Joel_Mandelbaum|Joel Mandelbaum]], and [[Kraig_Grady|Kraig Grady]] | |||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20011007002753/www.geocities.com/jacky_ligon/TMA_Info.htm The Microtonal Activist] (2001) — an e-zine by Jacky Ligon. | |||
* [https://www.xenharmonikon.org/ Xenharmonikon] Online magazine launched in 2018. Editors include Bill Alves, Kraig Grady, and more. Follows [http://xh.xentonic.org/ ''Xenharmonikôn''], a journal founded by John Chalmers in 1974. | |||
== Instrument-focused projects == | |||
* [[Microtonal_Guitar|http://www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/]] Tolgahan <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Çoğulu's microtonal guitar research, adjustable frets are used, cooperation with John Schnieder:</span> | |||
** http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Schneider.shtml | |||
* [http://microtonaltrumpet.com/ Microtonal Trumpet] | |||
* [http://www.quartertonemarimba.com/ Quartertone Marimba] (Oslo, 2004-2008) — Ph.D. project by Kjell Tore Innervik | |||
* [[SeventeenTonePianoProject|SeventeenTonePianoProject]] (Houston, 2006-2008) — four concertst using pianos tuned to 17 equal divisions of the octave. | |||
* [http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/bpclar.html Bohlen–Pierce Clarinet Project] — by Stephen Fox. | |||
* [http://www.c21-orch-instrs.demon.co.uk/ Alternative Tuning Projects] (London, 1998) — Patrick Ozzard-Low's study and proposal for 21st-Century Orchestral Instruments. | |||
* [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal_Music_Study_using_specialized_chromatic_keyboards_and_Web_Audio_API|Microtonal Music Study using specialized chromatic keyboards and Web Audio API]], a set of microtonal electronic keyboard instruments implementing different microtonal systems and build on the common platform, Web-browser based, with the embedded instrument sound synthesis based on Web Audio API. The instruments are played on a 10-finger touchscreen, but also can be played with a mouse/touchpad and, in some cases and to a limited extent, on a computer keyboard. There is an application for the development of the synthesized instrument sound; the result of the synthesis can be used by all the instruments. | |||
== Sisters to microtonality == | |||
* Electroacoustic music | |||
* Non-western musics (see [https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalMusicTheory/wiki/ r/GlobalMusicTheory]) | |||
* DIY instrument making (including oddmusic and junkmusic) | |||
* A capella music (including barbershop) | |||
* Music therapy / spiritual music / meditative music | |||
* Derriere-garde music (alternate-history, neo- ) | |||
* Overtone music (see the [http://overtone.cc Overtone Music Network]) | |||
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Microtonal Record Shelf (?) | |||
DIY instrument making (including oddmusic and junkmusic) | |||
Latest revision as of 09:20, 24 December 2025
These categories are somewhat arbitrary; many of these projects are multi-faceted.
Projects involving this wiki
WikiProjects
WikiProjects are major ongoing initiatives to improve key areas of the wiki. They are similar to Wikipedia WikiProjects.
- Wikifuture, for general long-term plans for the wiki.
- WikiProject TempClean, for the cleanup of our deluge of regular temperament articles.
- WikiProject Mospage, for a similar cleanup effort for MOS-related articles.
- WikiProject Just Intonation, to make the wiki's coverage of just intonation topics more expansive.
Other projects involving the Xen Wiki community
Smaller in scope than WikiProjects, but still well worth a look.
- ProgressReport: tell your story!
- The Enigma Assignment: resulted in much original music
- Porcupine Album Project (2012)
- MMMMonth07 — a proposal/brainstorm that wasn't acted upon.
Microtonal organizations
- The Xenharmonic Alliance (active c. 1958-present) — Ivor Darreg's mail-driven network of exchanging microtonal music and ideas, which gradually morphed into an online social group.
- Tuning of the Month Club (channel in Discord server) (active 2023-present)
- Monthly Tunings (Facebook group) (active 2016-present)
- Boston Microtonal Society — founded 1998 (permanent chamber ensemble NotaRiotous founded 2005; spring and fall concerts).
- British Harry Partch Society — founded c. 1994 by Brian Apter & Roger Merrick according to Didaskalia (not currently active)
- Institute for the Advancement of Aural Arts (IAAA) — Ron Sword's lecture collective.
- OddMusic Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) — instrument-building, scale-building composers collective, with emphasis on face-to-face musical meetings.
- Microtonal Projects Ltd. (UK) — founded 2004 by Drs. Bousted.
- Project XVII (Lima-Perú) — 17 edo and microtonal harmony.
- Huygens-Fokker Foundation — English version
- Stichting Huygens-Fokker (Amsterdam) — promoting especially 31-tone music, well-maintained website with increasingly frequent events! — Dutch version
- UnTwelve (Chicago) — a Midwest-based project offering concerts, listening parties, and a composition competition.
- World Harmony Project (Florida, most active 1992-2005) — world music with Denny Genovese's just intonation percussion orchestra.
- Ekmelic Music Society/Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik (Austria), main focus is on 72edo, overtone music.
Microtonal festivals and events
- American Festival of Microtonal Music (New York) — festival founded by Johnny Reinhard in 1981(?). See also PITCH label.
- Microfest (LA area) — Annual festival founded in 1997.
- Music for People and Thingamajigs Festival (Bay area) — Annual festival founded in 1997, focused on odd instruments and tunings.
- Just Intonation Network (Bay Area) — in need of assistance in organizing since spring 2006!
- MMMDay06 (internet, 4/8/2006) — a convergence of microtonal music making. Final product: a podcast.
- Bohlen–Pierce Symposium (Boston, 2010) — first symposium on the Bohlen–Pierce scale.
- Festival (Da)(Ne)S 2011 (Slovenia) — this edition of KIBLA's festival focused on microtonality. Organized by Cameron Bobro.
- Microtonal Design Unconference 2011
- Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp (West Virginia) — Summer camp for microtonal composition and performance started in 2011.
- MMMMonth 2023 - May revival initiative led by JacobBarton and whomever else steps up
Microtonal record labels
- split-notes — Microtonal-with-a-beat Netlabel.
- Microtonal Record Shelf (?)
- Xen-Arts — Microtonal Netlabel
- Spectropol — small-run/netlabel; not exclusively microtonal but very xen-heavy
Microtonal media, publishing, archives
- IAAA Webstore — guitar scale books by Ron Sword
- Frog Peak — artist-run composers' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works.
- The North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island archives of Microtonal materials including Erv Wilson, Joel Mandelbaum, and Kraig Grady
- The Microtonal Activist (2001) — an e-zine by Jacky Ligon.
- Xenharmonikon Online magazine launched in 2018. Editors include Bill Alves, Kraig Grady, and more. Follows Xenharmonikôn, a journal founded by John Chalmers in 1974.
Instrument-focused projects
- http://www.tolgahancogulu.com/en/microtonal-guitar/ Tolgahan Çoğulu's microtonal guitar research, adjustable frets are used, cooperation with John Schnieder:
- Microtonal Trumpet
- Quartertone Marimba (Oslo, 2004-2008) — Ph.D. project by Kjell Tore Innervik
- SeventeenTonePianoProject (Houston, 2006-2008) — four concertst using pianos tuned to 17 equal divisions of the octave.
- Bohlen–Pierce Clarinet Project — by Stephen Fox.
- Alternative Tuning Projects (London, 1998) — Patrick Ozzard-Low's study and proposal for 21st-Century Orchestral Instruments.
- Microtonal Music Study using specialized chromatic keyboards and Web Audio API, a set of microtonal electronic keyboard instruments implementing different microtonal systems and build on the common platform, Web-browser based, with the embedded instrument sound synthesis based on Web Audio API. The instruments are played on a 10-finger touchscreen, but also can be played with a mouse/touchpad and, in some cases and to a limited extent, on a computer keyboard. There is an application for the development of the synthesized instrument sound; the result of the synthesis can be used by all the instruments.
Sisters to microtonality
- Electroacoustic music
- Non-western musics (see r/GlobalMusicTheory)
- DIY instrument making (including oddmusic and junkmusic)
- A capella music (including barbershop)
- Music therapy / spiritual music / meditative music
- Derriere-garde music (alternate-history, neo- )
- Overtone music (see the Overtone Music Network)