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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">**Ervin Wilson** (b. 1928) was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical notation. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional intervals of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on Indian music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While he was in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a total stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Influenced by the work of Joseph Yasser, Mr. Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process -- like a crystal or plant. on his own, he re-invented logarithms to base 2, a powerful tool for measuring musical intervals. He began to systematically explore all the equal divisions of the octave that were more than the conventional twelve tones, coming up with scales of 17, 19, 22, and 31 tones that were especially pleasing. He has been mentor to many composers and instrument builders. The goal of his research with scales is to make them musically accessible to the composer and the listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".
'''Ervin Wilson''' (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was a Mexican theorist, [[scalesmith]] and composer. He cited [[Augusto Novaro]] and [[Joseph Yasser]] as influences. Wilson’s own ideas went on to influence almost every xenharmonic composer and theorist who came after him. Large swathes of modern xenharmonic music and theory makes use of [[MOS scale]]s or [[constant structure]]s. MOS scales are the predominant way of approaching [[equal-step tuning|equal-tempered]] tunings.


[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erv_Wilson|Article on Erv Wilson on Wikipedia]]
Erv Wilson was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical [[notation]]. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional [[interval]]s of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on [[Indian]] music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by [[Joseph Yasser]], Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of [[17edo|17]], [[19edo|19]], [[22edo|22]], and [[31edo|31]] tones that were especially pleasing.  
[[http://anaphoria.com/wilson.html|Wilson archives on anaphoria.com]]</pre></div>
 
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Wilson has been mentor to many composers and [[:Category:Instrument makers|instrument builders]]. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".
<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">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;Erv Wilson&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ervin Wilson&lt;/strong&gt; (b. 1928) was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical notation. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional intervals of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on Indian music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While he was in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a total stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Influenced by the work of Joseph Yasser, Mr. Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process -- like a crystal or plant. on his own, he re-invented logarithms to base 2, a powerful tool for measuring musical intervals. He began to systematically explore all the equal divisions of the octave that were more than the conventional twelve tones, coming up with scales of 17, 19, 22, and 31 tones that were especially pleasing. He has been mentor to many composers and instrument builders. The goal of his research with scales is to make them musically accessible to the composer and the listener. &amp;quot;I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
 
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== Contributions ==
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erv_Wilson" rel="nofollow"&gt;Article on Erv Wilson on Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Combination product set]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://anaphoria.com/wilson.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wilson archives on anaphoria.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
* [[MOS scale|Moment of symmetry scale]]
* [[Constant structure]]
* [[Mavila]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Horogram]]
* [[Diaphonic cycle]]
* [[Harmonic template]]
 
== External links ==
* [http://anaphoria.com/wilson.html The Wilson Archives] (collected papers)
* [https://www.anaphoria.com/wilson-timeline.html Erv Wilson Timeline] compiled by [[Jose L Garcia|Jose Hales-Garcia]]
* [http://www.thesonicsky.com/ The Sonic Sky] (a website about Erv Wilson's work by [[Stephen James Taylor]])
* ''[https://www.routledge.com/Microtonality-and-the-Tuning-Systems-of-Erv-Wilson/Narushima/p/book/9781138857568 Microtonality and the Tuning Systems of Erv Wilson]'' (a book about Erv Wilson's work by [[Terumi Narushima]])
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wilsonic/id848852071?mt=8 Wilsonic] – an iPad/iPhone app for exploring alternative scales, built on the works of Erv Wilson
** See it in action: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZ6VE6E_uE the source file 3 - YouTube]
** [https://audiokitpro.com/synth/ AudioKit Synth One] – free iPad/iPhone touch-to-play synthesizer/keyboard app with customizable layout and scales, which can import scales directly from within Wilsonic.
* [https://johnnyreinhard.bandcamp.com/album/d-6-interviews-erv-wilson-also-the-intelligent-keyboard-by-harold-m-waage-and-kraig-grady-johnny-reinhard-improv Erv Wilson interviewed by Ben Johnston] - Audio recording
* [https://www.xenharmonikon.org/2026/05/19/another-look-at-wilsons-keyboard-mapping-system/ Another look at Wilson's keyboard mapping system] - Xenharmonikon article
 
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Ervin Wilson (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was a Mexican theorist, scalesmith and composer. He cited Augusto Novaro and Joseph Yasser as influences. Wilson’s own ideas went on to influence almost every xenharmonic composer and theorist who came after him. Large swathes of modern xenharmonic music and theory makes use of MOS scales or constant structures. MOS scales are the predominant way of approaching equal-tempered tunings.

Erv Wilson was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical notation. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional intervals of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on Indian music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by Joseph Yasser, Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of 17, 19, 22, and 31 tones that were especially pleasing.

Wilson has been mentor to many composers and instrument builders. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".

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