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~~i have a user page now~~ :)

==~~music theory that does~~ not ~~have a name yet~~==

==list of things i do not like about the wiki==

~~I decided to make a music theory from scratch, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata]~~.

this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.

~~===why?===~~

~~A number of~~ things ~~bother me about the way tuning is done~~ on this ~~wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of~~ hard-to~~-understand vocabulary and math which often isn~~'t ~~even all that relevant or helpful~~. ~~The last one~~ should ~~not~~ be a ~~surprise;~~ the ~~first two might be~~. ~~I find generators~~ as ~~a concept extremely unintuitive,~~ and ~~while they may~~ be useful ~~for things~~, ~~that does~~ not ~~mean I have~~ to ~~like them~~. ~~And I dislike~~ the ~~concept of equivalence in general;~~ I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.

* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.

~~===the music theory===~~

* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.

~~Pretend this is a script for a youtube video. That's the type of explanation I'm going to try to make this.~~

* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)

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-i have a user page now :)
+{{todo|inline=1|short bio thingy|add more todos}}
+{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Squib/}}
-==music theory that does not have a name yet==
+==list of things i do not like about the wiki==
-I decided to make a music theory from scratch, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].
+this list is here because listing all the things i ''do'' like would take too long.
-===why?===
-A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators as a concept extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. And I dislike the concept of equivalence in general; I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
+* things on here can be very hard to understand. this is not controversial.
-===the music theory===
+* It's hard to find a page you're looking for even if you know what it's about, but especially if you don't know whether such a page exists in the first place. Important pages for starters should be accessible by following links from the main page. In particular, I'd like a "bird's eye view of bird's eye view pages" page to be linked on the main page.
-Pretend this is a script for a youtube video. That's the type of explanation I'm going to try to make this.
+* Octave equivalence is assumed ''everywhere''. 5/2 and 5/4 are the same as much as 9/8 and 10/9 are the same; treating them the same can be useful in certain contexts, but they are not fundamentally the same thing. And in a space dedicated to exploring new tuning and music, it is very silly and annoying to constantly assume octaves essentially don't matter. (Tritave equivalence isn't a solution, it just moves the problem. I think ''every'' pitch should be considered its own thing.)