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== ~~Notations~~ that have been or ~~could be used~~ for composing/performing xenharmonic music ==

== Types of notation ==

This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.

=== ~~General systems~~ ===

=== Intended for any tuning ===

* [[Sagittal notation]]

* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)

* [[Tablets]]

* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]

* [[Global notation]]

* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)

=== ~~ETs / EDOs~~ ===

=== Intended for just intonation ===

* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (and neutral circle-of-fifths notation)

Notation systems for [[just intonation]].

* [[Ups and downs notation]] (and neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))

* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]

* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24

* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]

* Tartini/Couper for [[31edo]]

* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]

* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other edos that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).

* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)

* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation~~|16edo]]~~

* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[~~205edo]]~~

* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]]~~, [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n~~.~~htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[72edo]]~~

* Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[72edo]]

* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]

* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)

* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]

~~=== JI ===~~

* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)

* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]], for ~~unambiguously, intuitively and succinctly writing~~ all of JI.

* [[Kite's color notation]]

* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]

** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]

* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]

** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]

* ~~The~~ [[~~Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch~~ Notation (~~HEJI~~)]]

* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)

** [[~~Richie's HEJI extensions~~]]

* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)

* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)

* [[~~Color~~ notation]] (~~used in [http:~~//~~www.tallkite.com/alt~~-~~tuner.html alt-tuner~~])

=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===

* [[~~Rational Comma Notation (RCN)~~]] by [[~~David Ryan~~]]~~. Compact~~ notation ~~for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.~~

Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.

* [[Diamond-mos notation]]

* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]

* [[KISS notation]]

** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]

** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)

* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]

=== ~~Mosses / regular~~ temperaments ===

=== Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments ===

* [[~~Porcupine~~ notation]]

Notation systems for [[equal temperament]]s and related temperaments.

* [[~~Pergen|Pergen notation (~~ups/downs ~~plus lifts/drops)~~]]

* [[Chain-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)

* [[Kite's ups and downs notation]]

* [[Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation]]

* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]

* [[Fractional sharp notation]]

* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]

* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})

* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]

* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]

* [[KISS notation]]

* [[~~Diamond~~-~~mos~~ notation]]

* [[Porcupine notation]]

* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]

=== Intended for specific equal temperaments ===

Notation systems for specific [[equal tuning]]s.

* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13–24

* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen–Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the enneatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)

* [[Heptatonic notation]]

* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] for [[19edo]] and similar systems

* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)

* [[David S. Goldsmith]]'s notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]

* [[Tartini–Couper notation]] for [[31edo]]

* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri–Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]

* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel]{{dead link}} for 72edo

* [[Wyschnegradsky]] notation for 72edo

* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]

=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===

* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[Wikipedia: Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]

== Microtonal scores ==

See dedicated [[Scores]] page.

See the dedicated [[Scores]] page.

== Microtonal fonts ==

* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}

* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}

* Tempera font by Christian Textier – does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}

* Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/

* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) - under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/

* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) – under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/

== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==

~~Please see~~ the list at page [[Software #Notation software]]

See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].

== See also ==

* [[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]

* [[Subset notation]]

* [[~~User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation~~]]

* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] – [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation

* [[Michael Spencer]] (notation theorist)

== External links ==

* [http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/ Types of Notation] ([[Carl Lumma]])

* [https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987 Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]

* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment] [[Category:Notation| ]] ~~~~

* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment] [[Category:Notation| ]]

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaSpsQP2qc Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo)] – A video by [[Stephen Weigel]] which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.

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-== Notations that have been or could be used for composing/performing xenharmonic music ==
+== Types of notation ==
+This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.
-=== General systems ===
+=== Intended for any tuning ===
 * [[Sagittal notation]]
-* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
-* [[Tablets]]
-* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
 * [[Global notation]]
+* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)
-=== ETs / EDOs ===
+=== Intended for just intonation ===
-* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (and neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
+Notation systems for [[just intonation]].
-* [[Ups and downs notation]] (and neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
-* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
-* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
-* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
-* Tartini/Couper for [[31edo]]
-* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
-* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other edos that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).
-* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)
-* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
-* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
-* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[72edo]]
-* Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[72edo]]
-* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
-* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
-* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
-=== JI ===
+* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
-* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]], for unambiguously, intuitively and succinctly writing all of JI.
+* [[Kite's color notation]]
+* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
+** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
 * [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
 ** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
-* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
+* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
-** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
+* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)
-* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)
-* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
+=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===
-* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]]. Compact notation for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.
+Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.
+* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
+* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
+* [[KISS notation]]
+** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]
+** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
+* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
-=== Mosses / regular temperaments ===
+=== Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments ===
-* [[Porcupine notation]]
+Notation systems for [[equal temperament]]s and related temperaments.
-* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
+* [[Chain-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
+* [[Kite's ups and downs notation]]
+* [[Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation]]
+* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
+* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
+* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
 * [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
+* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
+* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
 * [[KISS notation]]
-* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
+* [[Porcupine notation]]
+* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
+=== Intended for specific equal temperaments ===
+Notation systems for specific [[equal tuning]]s.
+* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13–24
+* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen–Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the enneatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
+* [[Heptatonic notation]]
+* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] for [[19edo]] and similar systems
+* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)
+* [[David S. Goldsmith]]'s notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
+* [[Tartini–Couper notation]] for [[31edo]]
+* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri–Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
+* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel]{{dead link}} for 72edo
+* [[Wyschnegradsky]] notation for 72edo
+* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
+=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
+* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[Wikipedia: Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
 == Microtonal scores ==
-See dedicated [[Scores]] page.
+See the dedicated [[Scores]] page.
 == Microtonal fonts ==
 * Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
-* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
+* Tempera font by Christian Textier – does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
 * Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
-* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) - under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/
+* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) – under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/
 == Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
-Please see the list at page [[Software #Notation software]]
+See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].
 == See also ==
-* [[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]
+* [[Subset notation]]
-* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
+* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] – [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
+* [[Michael Spencer]] (notation theorist)
 == External links ==
 * [http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/ Types of Notation] ([[Carl Lumma]])
 * [https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987 Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]
-* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment]   [[Category:Notation| ]] <!-- main article -->
+* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment]   [[Category:Notation| ]]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaSpsQP2qc Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo)] – A video by [[Stephen Weigel]] which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.
+{{Navbox notation}}
+{{todo|inline=1|intro|comment=Write an introduction briefly discussing the history and present state of microtonal notation.}}
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