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== Types of notation ==
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This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.
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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">==Notations that have been used for composing/performing xenharmonic music==
===ET===
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ET's 13 through 24
* Tartini/Couper for [[31edo|31-EDO]]
* Sagittal for [[Peppermint-24]], [[17edo|17-EDO]], [[31edo|31-EDO]]
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s index notation
===JI===
* Ben Johnston's JI notation
* Helmholtz Ellis JI notation
===Either / none of the above===
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)


==Microtonal scores!==  
=== Intended for any tuning ===
* David Canright: [[http://www.redshift.com/%7Edcanright/suite/index.htm|Fibonacci Suite]] (piano retuned to 7-limit JI, seven hands)
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* Kyle Gann: [[http://www.kylegann.com/LoveScene.pdf|Love Scene]] for string quartet. Gann creates tuning guides for many of his pieces, list at the bottom of [[http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html|this page]]
* [[Global notation]]
* [[http://home.snafu.de/djwolf/listhome.htm|Daniel Wolf]]: Etudes for solo microtonal instruments: scores in 8-, 9-, 13-, 14-, 17-tet for keyboards; String Quartets I and II in just intonation
* [[Tablature]]s (various schemes)
* [[http://www.roberthasegawa.com|Robert Hasegawa]]: scores with quartertones and beyond


== ==  
=== Intended for just intonation ===
==Downloadable microtonal fonts!==  
Notation systems for [[just intonation]].
* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. [[http://www.mindspring.com/%7Etmook/micro.html|http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html]]
 
* Sagittal notation by George D. Secor &amp; Dave Keenan. http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
* Helmholtz Ellis JI Notation Marc Sabat and Wolfgang von Schweinitz: http://www.plainsound.de/research/notation.pdf
* [[Kite's color notation]]
* Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian, & Turkish]] music)
 
=== Intended for MOS scales and temperaments containing them ===
Notation systems for [[mos scale]]s and related [[temperament]]s.
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[KISS notation]]
** [[Quasi-diatonic MOS notation]]
** [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
 
=== Intended for equal temperaments and related multirank temperaments ===
Notation systems for [[equal temperament]]s and related temperaments.
* [[Chain-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* [[Kite's ups and downs notation]]
* [[Stein–Zimmermann–Gould notation]]
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs, perhaps plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[Porcupine notation]]
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
 
=== Intended for specific equal temperaments ===
Notation systems for specific [[equal tuning]]s.  
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13–24
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen–Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the enneatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Heptatonic notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] for [[19edo]] and similar systems
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)
* [[David S. Goldsmith]]'s notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* [[Tartini–Couper notation]] for [[31edo]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri–Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel]{{dead link}} for 72edo
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] notation for 72edo
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
 
=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[Wikipedia: Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
 
== Microtonal scores ==
See the dedicated [[Scores]] page.
 
== Microtonal fonts ==
* Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Tempera font by Christian Textier – does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/<nowiki/>{{Dead link}}
* Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
* Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
* Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) – under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/
== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].
== See also ==
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] – [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
* [[Michael Spencer]] (notation theorist)
== External links ==
* [http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/ Types of Notation] ([[Carl Lumma]])
* [https://www.amazon.com/20th-Century-Microtonal-Notation-Contributions-Study/dp/0313273987 Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations]
* [http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/959d3104bf9c320f1248293c1b58a304-78.html Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment]  [[Category:Notation| ]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljaSpsQP2qc Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo)] – A video by [[Stephen Weigel]] which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.
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==Other things!==
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