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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==
===ET===
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ET's 13 through 24
* Tartini/Couper for [[31-EDO]]
* Sagittal for [[Peppermint-24]], [[17-EDO]], [[31-EDO]]
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s index notation
===JI===
* Ben Johnston's JI notation
* Helmholtz Ellis JI notation
===Either / none of the above===
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)


==Microtonal scores!==
=== Intended for any tuning ===
David Canright: [[http://www.redshift.com/%7Edcanright/suite/index.htm|Fibonacci Suite]] (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)
* [[Sagittal notation]]
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/tunings.html|this page]]
* [[Global notation]]
[[http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/listhome.htm|Daniel Wolf]]: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet
* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)
== ==
==Downloadable microtonal fonts!==
Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. [[http://www.mindspring.com/%7Etmook/micro.html|http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html]]
Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp; Dave Keenan. http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/
Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf
Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/


[[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]
=== Intended for just intonation ===
[[http://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987|Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]]</pre></div>
Notation systems for [[just intonation]].
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* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
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* [[Kite's color notation]]
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Easley%20Blackwood"&gt;Easley Blackwood&lt;/a&gt;'s symbols for ET's 13 through 24&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tartini/Couper for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/31-EDO"&gt;31-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sagittal for &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Peppermint-24"&gt;Peppermint-24&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/17-EDO"&gt;17-EDO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/31-EDO"&gt;31-EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Julian%20Carrillo"&gt;Julian Carrillo&lt;/a&gt;'s index notation&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-JI"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 --&gt;JI&lt;/h3&gt;
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ben Johnston's JI notation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Helmholtz Ellis JI notation&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-Either / none of the above"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --&gt;Either / none of the above&lt;/h3&gt;
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Scordatura-tablature"&gt;Scordatura/tablature&lt;/a&gt; notation (various schemes)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc4"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Microtonal scores!"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 --&gt;Microtonal scores!&lt;/h2&gt;
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
David Canright: &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.redshift.com/%7Edcanright/suite/index.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Fibonacci Suite&lt;/a&gt; (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
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/tunings.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/listhome.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Daniel Wolf&lt;/a&gt;: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet&lt;br /&gt;
 
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=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===
&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:12:&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h2 id="toc6"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Downloadable microtonal fonts!"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:12 --&gt;Downloadable microtonal fonts!&lt;/h2&gt;
Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.
Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.mindspring.com/%7Etmook/micro.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp;amp; Dave Keenan. &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:58:http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/ --&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:58 --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:59: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:59 --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[KISS notation]]
Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? &lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:60: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:60 --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]
&lt;br /&gt;
** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/mclaren-notation"&gt;Brian McLaren post on notation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
&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;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
 
=== 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.
 
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Types of notation

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

Intended for any tuning

Intended for just intonation

Notation systems for just intonation.

Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them

Notation systems for mos scales and related temperaments.

Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments

Notation systems for equal temperaments and related temperaments.

Intended for specific equal temperaments

Notation systems for specific equal tunings.

Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries

Microtonal scores

See the dedicated Scores page.

Microtonal fonts

Notation program/editors for microtonal music

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

See also

External links


View • Talk • EditMusical notation
Universal Sagittal notation
Just intonation Functional Just System • Ben Johnston's notation (Johnston–Copper notation) • Helmholtz–Ellis notation • Color notation
MOS scales Diamond-mos notation • KISS notation (Quasi-diatonic MOS notation)
Temperaments Chain-of-fifths notation • Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation • Ups and downs notation • Syntonic–rastmic subchroma notation • Extended meantone notation • Fractional sharp notation
See musical notation for a longer list of systems by category. See Category:Notation for the most complete, comprehensive list, but not sorted by category.


Todo: intro

Write an introduction briefly discussing the history and present state of microtonal notation.

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