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* '''[[Microtonal music|What is microtonal music?]]''' | |||
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* '''[[ | * '''[[Why Microtonality?|Why use microtonality?]]''' | ||
* '''[[Approaches to Musical Tuning|What are some different kinds of tuning systems that exist?]]''' | |||
* '''[[Systematic comma names explained|How do I decode those strange looking comma names?]]''' | |||
* '''What does “golden” refer to in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?''' | |||
** [[Rank-2 temperament]]s (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate [[MOS scale]]s with two step sizes, large and small. | |||
** Depending on what [[generator]] you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament. | |||
** If the ratio between the step sizes is the [[golden ratio]], then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar. | |||
** Golden tunings are one type of [[metallic MOS]], along with silver tunings, bronze tunings and others. | |||
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=== About the wiki === | |||
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* '''There's so much to read. Where do I start?''' | |||
** The page [[Xen concepts for beginners]] is the best place to start. | |||
** After that, check out [[General Theory]] for a list of foundational pages about musical tuning. | |||
* '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:What are this wiki's strengths and weaknesses?|What are this wiki's strengths and weaknesses?]]''' (How does it compare to other resources?) | |||
* '''[[ | * '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:License|What is this wiki's copyright/intellectual property policy?]]''' | ||
* '''[[ | * '''I am more interested in the way [[regular temperament theory]] looked before 2010, rather than the direction it has taken since 2020. Is there a wiki that preserves that?''' | ||
** Yes. You can find that at the [https://legacy.xen.wiki/w/Main_Page Legacy Xenharmonic Wiki]. | |||
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=== About editing the wiki === | |||
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* '''[[ | * '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:I'm a new editor, what is everything I can do to help?|I'm a new editor, what is everything I can do to help?]]''' | ||
* '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki: | * '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Article guidelines|Where can I find this wiki's style guide?]]''' | ||
* '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki: | * '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Notability guidelines|Where can I find this wiki's notability guidelines?]]''' | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[Xenharmonic Wiki:Recent changes is too crowded, how do I see what's actually important?|Recent changes is too crowded, how do I see what's actually important?]]''' | ||
* '''[[Temperament naming|I discovered a new temperament, how should I name it?]]''' | * '''[[Temperament naming|I discovered a new temperament, how should I name it?]]''' | ||
* '''What are user space pages and main space pages?''' | |||
** User space pages are pages titled "User:YourUsername/Topic". For example "User:JohnDoe/Major scale". | |||
** Main space pages are pages without any prefix. For example "Major scale". | |||
* '''How do I create a user page?''' | |||
** Search "User:YourUsername/ThePageTitleYouWant" in the search bar (e.g. "User:JohnDoe/The arrowroot biscuit scale". | |||
** It will then say "There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, or create this page." | |||
** Click "create this page" and then you will be taken to an editing window to create the user page. | |||
* '''How can I sign my name on a talk page? How can I make my replies indented to the right?''' | |||
* ''Writing the following:'' | |||
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: I like puppies, kittens and rainbows. | |||
: Oh and ice cream, too. | |||
: ~~~~ | |||
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* ''Will result in the following output, with indented text and a signed name:'' | |||
: I like puppies, kittens and rainbows. | |||
: Oh and ice cream, too. | |||
: [[User:BudjarnLambeth|BudjarnLambeth]] ([[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk]]) 03:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
* ''Writing the following:'' | |||
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: I am Bob. ~~~~ | |||
:: Hi Bob, I’m Alice. ~~~~ | |||
::: Nice to meet you Alice, what got you interested in xenharmony? ~~~~ | |||
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* ''Will result in the following output, with differing levels of indentation:'' | |||
: I am Bob. [[User:BobSmith|BobSmith]] ([[User talk:BobSmith|talk]]) 01:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
:: Hi Bob, I’m Alice. [[User:AliceFromWonderland|AliceFromWonderland]] ([[User talk:AliceFromWonderland|talk]]) 02:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
::: Nice to meet you Alice, what got you interested in xenharmony? [[User:BobSmith|BobSmith]] ([[User talk:BobSmith|talk]]) 03:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
* '''How can I add an inline citation or note?''' | |||
** Put <code><nowiki><ref>The contents of the note</ref></nowiki></code> at the place you want the little superscript number to appear. | |||
*** Place <code><<nowiki />references /></code> at the place you want the list of references to appear. (If you do not specify this, it will default to the very bottom of the page.) | |||
** If you want to cite the same reference multiple times, give it a name e.g. <code><nowiki><ref name="Bob et al.">The contents of the note</ref></nowiki></code> the first time you use it. | |||
*** Then every subsequent time you can just use <code><<nowiki />ref name="Bob et al." /></code> without all the rest. | |||
* '''I have another technical question similar to the previous two. Where can I find the answer?''' | |||
The answer is probably contained within the page [[Help:Editing]]. | |||
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