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Here are some links to some of the key ideas underlying tuning:

<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">Tuning theory can become heavily mathematical, and as such can be difficult to understand. Here are some links ~~for~~ the ~~rest of us~~:

[[~~EDO~~]]

== Basics ==

[[~~EDT~~]]

* Start here: [[Xen concepts for beginners]]

[[Just intonation]]

* [[Interval]]

[[~~Monzos~~]]

* [[Ratio]]

[[~~Patent val~~]]

** [[Ratio math]]

[[Regular ~~Temperaments~~]]

* [[Cent]]

[[~~Vals~~]]

* [[Chord]]

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* [[Scale]]

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* [[Mode]]

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* [[Musical notation]]

~~<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>General Theory</title></head><body>Tuning theory can become heavily mathematical, and as such can be difficult to understand. Here are some links for the rest of us:<br />

* Terminology

~~<br />~~

** [[Glossary]]

~~<a class~~=~~"wiki_link" href~~=~~"/EDO">EDO</a><br />~~

** [[Acronyms]]

~~<a class~~=~~"wiki_link" href~~=~~"/EDT">EDT</a><br />~~

~~<a class="wiki_link" href="/Just%20intonation">Just intonation</a><br />~~

== Core concepts ==

~~<a class="wiki_link" href="/Monzos">Monzos</a><br />~~

* [[Just intonation]]

~~<a class="wiki_link" href="/Patent%20val">~~Patent val~~</a><br />~~

* [[Harmonic series]]

~~<a class~~=~~"wiki_link" href~~=~~"/Regular%20Temperaments">Regular Temperaments</a><br />~~

** [[Chord of nature]]

~~<a class~~=~~"wiki_link" href~~=~~"/Vals">Vals</a><br />~~

* [[Equal division of the octave]]

~~<a name="comment-7441-open" class="range"></a><br />~~

** [[Equal-step tuning]] ([[edt]], [[edf]], …)

~~<a name="comment-7441-close" class="range"></a></body></html></pre></div>~~

** [[Well temperament]]

* [[Regular temperaments]]

** [[Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic]]

* [[MOS scale]]

** [[Periods and generators]]

* [[Hexany]]

* [[Delta-rational chord]]

== Online tools ==

* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/ Scale Workshop] – scale-creation site by [[Lumi Pakkanen]]. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.

* [[Xenpaper]] – text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around.

* [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ xen-calc] – interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.

== Common scales ==

* [[:Category: 5-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 6-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 7-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 8-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 9-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 10-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 11-tone scales]]

* [[:Category: 12-tone scales]]

== Regular temperament theory (RTT) ==

* [[Monzo]]

* [[Val]]

* [[Mapping]]

* [[Patent val]]

* [[Tempering out]]

* [[Rank and codimension]]

* [[Keenan's explanation of vals]]

* [[Comma pump]]

* [[Comma basis]]

* [[Saturation, torsion, and contorsion]]

* [[Dyadic chord]]

* [[Essential tempering comma]]

* [[Graham complexity]]

== Advanced theory ==

[[Category:Theory]]

[[Category:Todo:review]]

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+Here are some links to some of the key ideas underlying tuning:
-<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">Tuning theory can become heavily mathematical, and as such can be difficult to understand. Here are some links for the rest of us:
-[[EDO]]
+== Basics ==
-[[EDT]]
+* Start here: [[Xen concepts for beginners]]
-[[Just intonation]]
+* [[Interval]]
-[[Monzos]]
+* [[Ratio]]
-[[Patent val]]
+** [[Ratio math]]
-[[Regular Temperaments]]
+* [[Cent]]
-[[Vals]]
+* [[Chord]]
-&lt;range type="comment" id="7441"&gt;
+* [[Scale]]
-&lt;/range id="7441"&gt;</pre></div>
+* [[Mode]]
-<h4>Original HTML content:</h4>
+* [[Musical notation]]
-<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;General Theory&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Tuning theory can become heavily mathematical, and as such can be difficult to understand. Here are some links for the rest of us:&lt;br /&gt;
+* Terminology
-&lt;br /&gt;
+** [[Glossary]]
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/EDO"&gt;EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+** [[Acronyms]]
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/EDT"&gt;EDT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Just%20intonation"&gt;Just intonation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+== Core concepts ==
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Monzos"&gt;Monzos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+* [[Just intonation]]
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Patent%20val"&gt;Patent val&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+* [[Harmonic series]]
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments"&gt;Regular Temperaments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+** [[Chord of nature]]
-&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Vals"&gt;Vals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+* [[Equal division of the octave]]
-&lt;a name="comment-7441-open" class="range"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+** [[Equal-step tuning]] ([[edt]], [[edf]], …)
-&lt;a name="comment-7441-close" class="range"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
+** [[Well temperament]]
+* [[Regular temperaments]]
+** [[Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic]]
+* [[MOS scale]]
+** [[Periods and generators]]
+* [[Hexany]]
+* [[Delta-rational chord]]
+== Online tools ==
+{{Main| List of music software #Browser-based }}
+* [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/ Scale Workshop] – scale-creation site by [[Lumi Pakkanen]]. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.
+* [[Xenpaper]] – text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around.
+* [https://www.yacavone.net/xen-calc/ xen-calc] – interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.
+== Common scales ==
+* [[:Category: 5-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 6-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 7-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 8-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 9-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 10-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 11-tone scales]]
+* [[:Category: 12-tone scales]]
+== Regular temperament theory (RTT) ==
+* [[Monzo]]
+* [[Val]]
+* [[Mapping]]
+* [[Patent val]]
+* [[Tempering out]]
+* [[Rank and codimension]]
+* [[Keenan's explanation of vals]]
+* [[Comma pump]]
+* [[Comma basis]]
+* [[Saturation, torsion, and contorsion]]
+* [[Dyadic chord]]
+* [[Essential tempering comma]]
+* [[Graham complexity]]
+== Advanced theory ==
+{{Main| Mathematical theory }}
+[[Category:Theory]]
+[[Category:Todo:review]]