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== Types of notation ==

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

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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">==Notations that have been used for composing/performing ~~xenharmonic music==~~

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

* [[xenharmonic/Sagittal notation|Sagittal notation]]

~~===ET===~~

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

* Tartini/Couper for [[xenharmonic/31edo|31-EDO]]

* [[xenharmonic/Julian Carrillo|Julian Carrillo]]'s index notation

* [[xenharmonic/Armodue theory|Armodue theory]] for [[xenharmonic/16edo|16-EDO]] 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]] (adding the 'H' note)

* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[xenharmonic/16edo|16-EDO]]

* [[http://www.h-pi.com/theory/huntsystem1.html|H-System]] for [[xenharmonic/205edo|205-EDO]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation|Maneri-Sims]], [[http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em.htm#Notation|Richter Herf / Maedel]] for [[xenharmonic/72edo|72-EDO]]

* Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[xenharmonic/72edo|72-EDO]]

~~===JI===~~

* [[xenharmonic/Ben Johnston's notation|Ben Johnston's notation]]

* [[xenharmonic/Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Helmholtz-Ellis notation]]

* [[xenharmonic~~/tuning systems for qanun#Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[xenharmonic/Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Turkish, Persian~~]] music)

* [[Kite's color notation]] (used in [[@http://www.tallkite.~~com/alt-tuner.html|alt-tuner]])~~

===~~Regular temperaments~~===

=== Intended for any tuning ===

* [[~~xenharmonic/Porcupine~~ notation~~|Porcupine~~ notation]]

* [[Sagittal notation]]

* [[Global notation]]

* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)

===~~All / none of the above~~===

=== Intended for just intonation ===

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

Notation systems for [[just intonation]].

* [[xenharmonic/Tablets|Tablets]]

~~==Microtonal scores==~~

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

* ~~See dedicated~~ [[~~Scores~~]] ~~page.~~

* [[Kite's color notation]]

* ~~David Canright:~~ [[~~http://www.redshift.com/~dcanright/suite/index.htm~~|~~Fibonacci Suite]] (piano retuned to 7~~-~~limit~~ JI~~, seven hands~~)

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

* ~~Kyle Gann:~~ [[~~http://www.kylegann.com/LoveScene.pdf|Love Scene~~]] ~~for string quartet. Gann creates tuning guides for many of his pieces, list at the bottom of~~ [[~~http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html|this page~~]]

** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]

* [[~~http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/WorksDescriptive.htm|Daniel Wolf~~]]~~: Etudes~~ for ~~solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet for keyboards; String Quartets I and II in just intonation~~

* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]

* [[~~http://www.roberthasegawa.com/~~|~~Robert Hasegawa~~]]~~: scores with quartertones and beyond~~

** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]

* Ron Sword: chord scale and scale notated examples 13-31, BP

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

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

==~~Microtonal fonts~~==

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

* ~~Ted Mook~~'s ~~font~~ for ~~notating Ezra Sims~~' 72-~~EDO~~ notation ~~et al~~. [[http://www.~~mindspring~~.com/~~~tmook/micro~~.~~html~~]]

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

* ~~Sagittal~~ notation ~~by George D~~. ~~Secor & Dave Keenan~~. ~~http~~://~~sagittal~~.~~org~~

* [[Diamond-mos notation]]

* ~~Helmholtz Ellis JI~~ Notation ~~Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz:~~ http://www.~~plainsound~~.de/~~research~~/~~notation~~.~~pdf~~

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

* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/

* [[KISS notation]]

** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]

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

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

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

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

* [[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]]

* [[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 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}}

* 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/

== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==

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

== See also ==

* [[Subset 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| ]]

* [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.

==~~Notation program/editors for~~ microtonal ~~music==~~

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~~Please see the list on the [[xenharmonic/Software|Software]] page~~

~~==Links==~~

[[Category:Notation| ]]

~~[[http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/|Types of Notation]]~~

[[Category:Lists]]

~~[[xenharmonic/mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]~~

~~[[http://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~~]]<~~/pre></div>~~

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~~<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word~~-~~wrap:break~~-~~word;width:200%;white~~-~~space: pre~~-~~wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"~~><html><head><title>Notation</title></head><body><h2 id="toc0"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music"></a>Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music</h2>

<h3 id="toc1"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-General systems"></a>General systems</h3>

<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Sagittal%20notation">Sagittal notation</a></li></ul><h3 id="toc2"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-ET"></a>ET</h3>

<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Easley%20Blackwood">Easley Blackwood</a>'s symbols for ETs 13-24</li><li>Tartini/Couper for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/31edo">31-EDO</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Julian%20Carrillo">Julian Carrillo</a>'s index notation</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Armodue%20theory">Armodue theory</a> for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/16edo">16-EDO</a> and other EDOs that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm" rel="nofollow">The Pentadecaphonic System</a> (adding the 'H' note)</li><li>David S. Goldsmith's notation for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/16edo">16-EDO</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/theory/huntsystem1.html" rel="nofollow">H-System</a> for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/205edo">205-EDO</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation" rel="nofollow">Maneri-Sims</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em.htm#Notation" rel="nofollow">Richter Herf / Maedel</a> for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/72edo">72-EDO</a></li><li>Wyschnegradsky color notation for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/72edo">72-EDO</a></li></ul><h3 id="toc3"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-JI"></a>JI</h3>

<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Ben%20Johnston%27s%20notation">Ben Johnston's notation</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Helmholtz-Ellis%20notation">Helmholtz-Ellis notation</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/tuning%20systems%20for%20qanun#Notation">Julien Jalaleddine Weiss</a> (for <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">Arabic, Turkish, Persian</a> music)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Kite%27s%20color%20notation">Kite's color notation</a> (used in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alt-tuner</a>)</li></ul><br />

<h3 id="toc4"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-Regular temperaments"></a>Regular temperaments</h3>

~~<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Porcupine%20notation">Porcupine notation</a></li></ul><br />~~

<h3 id="toc5"><a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-All / none of the above"></a>All / none of the above</h3>

<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Scordatura-tablature">Scordatura/tablature</a> notation (various schemes)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Tablets">Tablets</a></li></ul><br />

<h2 id="toc6"><a name="x-Microtonal scores"></a>Microtonal scores</h2>

<ul><li>See dedicated <a class="wiki_link" href="/Scores">Scores</a> page.</li><li>David Canright: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.redshift.com/~dcanright/suite/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Fibonacci Suite</a> (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)</li><li>Kyle Gann: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/LoveScene.pdf" rel="nofollow">Love Scene</a> for string quartet. Gann creates tuning guides for many of his pieces, list at the bottom of <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/WorksDescriptive.htm" rel="nofollow">Daniel Wolf</a>: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet for keyboards; String Quartets I and II in just intonation</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.roberthasegawa.com/" rel="nofollow">Robert Hasegawa</a>: scores with quartertones and beyond</li><li>Ron Sword: chord scale and scale notated examples 13-31, BP</li></ul><br />

<h2 id="toc7"><a name="x-Microtonal fonts"></a>Microtonal fonts</h2>

<ul><li>Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html</a></li><li>Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp; Dave Keenan. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sagittal.org" rel="nofollow">http://sagittal.org</a></li><li>Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf</a></li><li>Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/" rel="nofollow">http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/</a></li><li>Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/</a></li></ul><br />

<h2 id="toc8"><a name="x-Notation program/editors for microtonal music"></a>Notation program/editors for microtonal music</h2>

~~Please see the list on the <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Software">Software</a> page<br />~~

~~<br />~~

~~<h2 id="toc9"><a name="x-Links"></a>Links</h2>~~

~~<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/" rel="nofollow">Types of Notation</a><br />~~

~~<a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/mclaren-notation">Brian McLaren post on notation</a><br />~~

<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987" rel="nofollow">Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations</a><br />

<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html" rel="nofollow">Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment</a></body></html></pre></div>

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+== Types of notation ==
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+This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.
-: This revision was by author [[User:hstraub|hstraub]] and made on <tt>2014-01-13 04:46:43 UTC</tt>.<br>
-: The original revision id was <tt>482360874</tt>.<br>
-: The revision comment was: <tt></tt><br>
-The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br>
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-<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">==Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music==
-===General systems===
-* [[xenharmonic/Sagittal notation|Sagittal notation]]
-===ET===
-* [[xenharmonic/Easley Blackwood|Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
-* Tartini/Couper for [[xenharmonic/31edo|31-EDO]]
-* [[xenharmonic/Julian Carrillo|Julian Carrillo]]'s index notation
-* [[xenharmonic/Armodue theory|Armodue theory]] for [[xenharmonic/16edo|16-EDO]] 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]] (adding the 'H' note)
-* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[xenharmonic/16edo|16-EDO]]
-* [[http://www.h-pi.com/theory/huntsystem1.html|H-System]] for [[xenharmonic/205edo|205-EDO]]
-* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation|Maneri-Sims]], [[http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em.htm#Notation|Richter Herf / Maedel]] for [[xenharmonic/72edo|72-EDO]]
-* Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[xenharmonic/72edo|72-EDO]]
-===JI===
-* [[xenharmonic/Ben Johnston's notation|Ben Johnston's notation]]
-* [[xenharmonic/Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Helmholtz-Ellis notation]]
-* [[xenharmonic/tuning systems for qanun#Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[xenharmonic/Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)
-* [[Kite's color notation]] (used in [[@http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html|alt-tuner]])
-===Regular temperaments===
+=== Intended for any tuning ===
-* [[xenharmonic/Porcupine notation|Porcupine notation]]
+* [[Sagittal notation]]
+* [[Global notation]]
+* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)
-===All / none of the above===
+=== Intended for just intonation ===
-* [[xenharmonic/Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
+Notation systems for [[just intonation]].
-* [[xenharmonic/Tablets|Tablets]]
-==Microtonal scores==
+* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
-* See dedicated [[Scores]] page.
+* [[Kite's color notation]]
-* David Canright: [[http://www.redshift.com/~dcanright/suite/index.htm|Fibonacci Suite]] (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)
+* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
-* Kyle Gann: [[http://www.kylegann.com/LoveScene.pdf|Love Scene]] for string quartet. Gann creates tuning guides for many of his pieces, list at the bottom of [[http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html|this page]]
+** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
-* [[http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/WorksDescriptive.htm|Daniel Wolf]]: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet for keyboards; String Quartets I and II in just intonation
+* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
-* [[http://www.roberthasegawa.com/|Robert Hasegawa]]: scores with quartertones and beyond
+** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
-* Ron Sword: chord scale and scale notated examples 13-31, BP
+* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
+* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)
-==Microtonal fonts==
+=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===
-* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. [[http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html]]
+Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.
-* Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp; Dave Keenan. http://sagittal.org
+* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
-* Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf
+* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
-* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/
+* [[KISS notation]]
+** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]
+** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
+* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
+=== Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments ===
+Notation systems for [[equal temperament]]s and related temperaments.
+* [[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]]
+* [[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 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}}
 * 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/
+== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
+See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].
+== See also ==
+* [[Subset 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| ]]
+* [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}}
-==Notation program/editors for microtonal music==
+{{todo|inline=1|intro|comment=Write an introduction briefly discussing the history and present state of microtonal notation.}}
-Please see the list on the [[xenharmonic/Software|Software]] page
-==Links==
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-[[http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/|Types of Notation]]
+[[Category:Lists]]
-[[xenharmonic/mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]
-[[http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987|Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]]
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- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Sagittal%20notation"&gt;Sagittal notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h3 id="toc2"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-ET"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --&gt;ET&lt;/h3&gt;
- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Easley%20Blackwood"&gt;Easley Blackwood&lt;/a&gt;'s symbols for ETs 13-24&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tartini/Couper for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/31edo"&gt;31-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Julian%20Carrillo"&gt;Julian Carrillo&lt;/a&gt;'s index notation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Armodue%20theory"&gt;Armodue theory&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/16edo"&gt;16-EDO&lt;/a&gt; and other EDOs that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Pentadecaphonic System&lt;/a&gt; (adding the 'H' note)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;David S. Goldsmith's notation for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/16edo"&gt;16-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/theory/huntsystem1.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;H-System&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/205edo"&gt;205-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation" rel="nofollow"&gt;Maneri-Sims&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em.htm#Notation" rel="nofollow"&gt;Richter Herf / Maedel&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/72edo"&gt;72-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wyschnegradsky color notation for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/72edo"&gt;72-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h3 id="toc3"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music-JI"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --&gt;JI&lt;/h3&gt;
- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Ben%20Johnston%27s%20notation"&gt;Ben Johnston's notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Helmholtz-Ellis%20notation"&gt;Helmholtz-Ellis notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/tuning%20systems%20for%20qanun#Notation"&gt;Julien Jalaleddine Weiss&lt;/a&gt; (for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;Arabic, Turkish, Persian&lt;/a&gt; music)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Kite%27s%20color%20notation"&gt;Kite's color notation&lt;/a&gt; (used in &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;alt-tuner&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Porcupine%20notation"&gt;Porcupine notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Scordatura-tablature"&gt;Scordatura/tablature&lt;/a&gt; notation (various schemes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Tablets"&gt;Tablets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc6"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Microtonal scores"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 --&gt;Microtonal scores&lt;/h2&gt;
- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;See dedicated &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Scores"&gt;Scores&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;David Canright: &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.redshift.com/~dcanright/suite/index.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fibonacci Suite&lt;/a&gt; (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Kyle Gann: &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/LoveScene.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;Love Scene&lt;/a&gt; for string quartet. Gann creates tuning guides for many of his pieces, list at the bottom of &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/WorksDescriptive.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Daniel Wolf&lt;/a&gt;: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet for keyboards; String Quartets I and II in just intonation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.roberthasegawa.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Robert Hasegawa&lt;/a&gt;: scores with quartertones and beyond&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ron Sword: chord scale and scale notated examples 13-31, BP&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp;amp; Dave Keenan. &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:135:http://sagittal.org --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sagittal.org" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://sagittal.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:135 --&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:136:http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:136 --&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:137:http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/ --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:137 --&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:138:http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/ --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:138 --&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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- Please see the list on the &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Software"&gt;Software&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;br /&gt;
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- &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Types of Notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/mclaren-notation"&gt;Brian McLaren post on notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987" rel="nofollow"&gt;Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>