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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]]
If you are new to tuning theory looking for an overview, see [[Xen concepts for beginners]] and various others in our collection of [[guides]].
[[Just intonation]]
[[Monzos]]
[[Patent val]]
[[Vals]]


(DON'T CLICK THESE JUST YET OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY MATH)
If you are looking for tools to start playing microtonal music, see [[List of music software]], but we would like to highlight these, which will aid your study of tuning theory:
* [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.


[[Periodic scale]]
== Basics ==
[[MOSScales|MOS scales]]
* [[Interval]]
[[MODMOS scales]]
* [[Ratio]]
[[Monzos and Interval Space]]
** [[Ratio math]]
[[Vals and Tuning Space]]
* [[Cent]]
[[Smonzos and Svals]]
* [[Chord]]
[[Wedgies and Multivals]]
* [[Scale]]
[[TOP tuning]]
* [[Mode]]
[[Tenney-Euclidean tuning]]
* [[Musical notation]]
[[Tenney-Euclidean temperament measures]]
* Terminology
[[Tenney-Euclidean metrics]]
** [[Glossary]]
[[Cangwu badness]]
** [[Acronyms]]
[[Fractional monzos]]
 
[[Saturation]]
== Core concepts ==
[[Abstract regular temperament]]
* [[Just intonation]]
[[Target tunings]]
* [[Harmonic series]]
[[Normal lists]]
** [[Chord of nature]]
[[Planar Temperament]]
* [[Equal division of the octave]]
[[The Seven Limit Symmetrical Lattices]]
** [[Equal-step tuning]] ([[edt]], [[edf]], …)
[[Modulatory space]]
** [[Well temperament]]
[[Chordal space]]
* [[Regular temperaments]]
[[Hahn distance]]
** [[Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic]]
[[Transversal]]
* [[MOS scale]]
[[Transversal generators]]
** [[Periods and generators]]
[[Minkowski blocks]]
* [[Hexany]]
[[k*N subgroups]]</pre></div>
* [[Delta-rational chord]]
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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">&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;
== Regular temperament theory (RTT) ==
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Monzo]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/EDO"&gt;EDO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Val]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Just%20intonation"&gt;Just intonation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mapping]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Monzos"&gt;Monzos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Patent val]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Patent%20val"&gt;Patent val&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tempering out]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Vals"&gt;Vals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rank and codimension]]
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Keenan's explanation of vals]]
(DON'T CLICK THESE JUST YET OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY MATH)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Comma pump]]
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Comma basis]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Periodic%20scale"&gt;Periodic scale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Saturation, torsion, and contorsion]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales"&gt;MOS scales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dyadic chord]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MODMOS%20scales"&gt;MODMOS scales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Essential tempering comma]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Monzos%20and%20Interval%20Space"&gt;Monzos and Interval Space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Graham complexity]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Vals%20and%20Tuning%20Space"&gt;Vals and Tuning Space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Smonzos%20and%20Svals"&gt;Smonzos and Svals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
== Advanced theory ==
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Wedgies%20and%20Multivals"&gt;Wedgies and Multivals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Main| Mathematical theory }}
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/TOP%20tuning"&gt;TOP tuning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
 
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Tenney-Euclidean%20tuning"&gt;Tenney-Euclidean tuning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Theory]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Tenney-Euclidean%20temperament%20measures"&gt;Tenney-Euclidean temperament measures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Todo:review]]
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Tenney-Euclidean%20metrics"&gt;Tenney-Euclidean metrics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Cangwu%20badness"&gt;Cangwu badness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Fractional%20monzos"&gt;Fractional monzos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Saturation"&gt;Saturation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Abstract%20regular%20temperament"&gt;Abstract regular temperament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Target%20tunings"&gt;Target tunings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Normal%20lists"&gt;Normal lists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Planar%20Temperament"&gt;Planar Temperament&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Seven%20Limit%20Symmetrical%20Lattices"&gt;The Seven Limit Symmetrical Lattices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Modulatory%20space"&gt;Modulatory space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Chordal%20space"&gt;Chordal space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Hahn%20distance"&gt;Hahn distance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Transversal"&gt;Transversal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Transversal%20generators"&gt;Transversal generators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Minkowski%20blocks"&gt;Minkowski blocks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/k%2AN%20subgroups"&gt;k*N subgroups&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

Latest revision as of 10:04, 18 September 2026

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

If you are new to tuning theory looking for an overview, see Xen concepts for beginners and various others in our collection of guides.

If you are looking for tools to start playing microtonal music, see List of music software, but we would like to highlight these, which will aid your study of tuning theory:

  • 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.
  • xen-calc – interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.

Basics

Core concepts

Regular temperament theory (RTT)

Advanced theory