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Hi! I'm primarily a music theorist and singer nowadays, though most of my musical training is in classical piano and cello.
{{subpage|sandbox|l|text=Hi!}} I'm primarily a music theorist and singer nowadays, though most of my musical training is in classical piano and cello.
 
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= My musical experience =
== My musical experience ==
Piano and keyboard: 2004–2017 (K–12), 2022–present
Piano and keyboard: 2004–2017 (K–12), 2022–present


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Voice: 2020–present
Voice: 2020–present
:Voice type: Baritone / bass-baritone
: Voice type: Baritone / bass-baritone
::Chest voice: E♭2 to E4 (77–340 Hz)
:: Chest voice: E♭2 to E4
:::Can go down to D2 (72–74 Hz) if needed
::: Can go down to D2 if needed
:::Can belt up to ~G4 (390–400 Hz), A♭4 (415–425 Hz) on occasion
::: Can belt up to ~G4, A♭4 on occasion
::Mixed voice: C4–C5 (260–540 Hz)
:: Mixed voice: C4–C5
::Falsetto and head voice: D4 to E♭5 (290–630 Hz)
:: Falsetto and head voice: D4 to E♭5
:::Can reach E5 (655–665 Hz) and F5 (695–705 Hz)
::: Can reach E5 and F5


I've also been told I have "perfect pitch" since I acquired the ability to recognise notes (in A = 440 Hz and 12edo) from a young age, though I have grown increasingly disdainful towards the terms "perfect pitch" and "absolute pitch" since late 2022 (the start of my last term of college) since it locked me into 12edo with A = 440 Hz and anything else sounded "wrong" to me. This is even more true nowadays since I now prefer other tunings over 12edo in a lot of cases.
I've also been told I have "perfect pitch" since I acquired the ability to recognise notes (in {{nowrap|A {{=}} 440 Hz}} and 12edo) from a young age, though I have grown increasingly disdainful towards the terms "perfect pitch" and "absolute pitch" since late 2022 (the start of my last term of college) since it locked me into 12edo with {{nowrap|A {{=}} 440 Hz}} and anything else sounded "wrong" to me. This is even more true nowadays since I now prefer other tunings over 12edo in a lot of cases.


= Favourite tunings within Western music =
== Favourite tunings within Western music ==
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Most Western musicians only know 12edo, and my musical background is mainly classical, so my main interests have been in Pythagorean and meantone. I'm quite active in church despite being non-religious, and most of the alternative tunings I introduce to others are flatter-than-12 meantones as they're relatively easy to get into.
Most Western musicians only know 12edo, and my musical background is mainly classical, so my main interests have been in Pythagorean and meantone. I'm quite active in church despite being non-religious, and most of the alternative tunings I introduce to others are flatter-than-12 meantones as they're relatively easy to get into.


I've known about quarter tones ([[24edo]]) since I was very young. I've even dabbled around with it before 2022, and used its absolute frequencies with A = 440 Hz as a way to compare just intonation and equal temperament, though for most of my life that was the only microtonal tuning I knew about. Since late 2022, I've also gotten into sixth tones ([[36edo]]) for exploring septimal harmonies.
I've known about quarter tones ([[24edo]]) since I was very young. I've even dabbled around with it before 2022, and used its absolute frequencies with {{nowrap|A {{=}} 440 Hz}} as a way to compare just intonation and equal temperament, though for most of my life that was the only microtonal tuning I knew about. As a result, my knowledge of just intonation was very much limited to the 2.3.5.11.37 subgroup.
 
Since late 2022, I've also gotten into sixth tones ([[36edo]]) for exploring septimal harmonies.


[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of 12-TET's walled garden, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first microtonal work I've ever heard that wasn't in standard quarter tones. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.
[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of 12-TET's walled garden, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first microtonal work I've ever heard that wasn't in standard quarter tones. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.
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This was followed by [[19edo]], after hearing ''Sunsrise'' by Supahstar Saga. 19 has its unique quirks that make it a good tuning for a lot of Western music, though I think its sound is best suited to songs with largely pentatonic melodies since the diatonic scale sounds quite loose to me. Augmented and diminished chords sound very weird, though, even more jarring than 31.
This was followed by [[19edo]], after hearing ''Sunsrise'' by Supahstar Saga. 19 has its unique quirks that make it a good tuning for a lot of Western music, though I think its sound is best suited to songs with largely pentatonic melodies since the diatonic scale sounds quite loose to me. Augmented and diminished chords sound very weird, though, even more jarring than 31.


However, [[43edo]] has since won me over as my favourite all-around tuning for most modern Western music (at least that which doesn't require 12edo's enharmonic equivalences). The way major and minor thirds sound in 43 is much more sonorous than in 12, and extended harmonies such as augmented and diminished chords sound much more balanced than in 19 and 31. Additionally, most of the just intervals involving the 7th, ''and'' 11th, ''and'' 13th harmonics have consistent approximations in 43 equal.
=== Beyond traditional Western music ===
For xenharmony and music beyond meantone, I've been mainly interested in [[22edo]] for [[superpyth]]agorean and [[Porcupine]] temperament, [[Orwell]] in 31edo, [[34edo]] for [[Tetracot]] (including [[68edo]] for [[Octacot]] by extension), and [[46edo]] for [[Sensi]] and 5-limit harmony beyond meantone.
 
== Miscellaneous ==
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Our Father in heaven,
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your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
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== See also ==
* {{subpage|Purely consistent EDOs by odd limit}}
* {{subpage|Regex snippets}}
* {{subpage|The Star-Spangled Banner}}
* {{subpage|UTF-8 extensions}}


== Beyond traditional Western music ==
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For xenharmony and music beyond meantone, I've been mainly interested in [[27edo]] as a [[Superpyth]] system. I prefer it to 22edo mainly because 22's 5-limit major and minor thirds sound jarring to me, and will likely sound jarring to most others as well. It also supports [[Tetracot]], which is another non-traditional temperament that I've gotten into recently.
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