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Walker | '''Walker brightness notation''' is a way of naming intervals "invented" by Jay Walker / [[User:VectorGraphics|VectorGraphics]]. It names intervals purely based on their sizes, ignoring [[just intonation]] and [[MOS scale]]s almost entirely (though it takes names from them, specifically [[5L 2s|diatonic]], for the sake of recognizability). | ||
== Example == | == Example == | ||
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So first, we name each interval according to its general interval class. | So first, we name each interval according to its general interval class. | ||
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|+WBM Exemplary Scale | |+WBM Exemplary Scale | ||
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|octave | |octave | ||
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Note that only 0c and 1200c (or the closest match to 1200c for non-octave scales) are called the [[1/1|unison]] and [[octave]]. Also, here 248c has been given the name "semifourth", we'll talk more about that later. | Note that only 0c and 1200c (or the closest match to 1200c for non-octave scales) are called the [[1/1|unison]] and [[octave]]. Also, here 248c has been given the name "semifourth", we'll talk more about that later. | ||
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|seventh | |seventh | ||
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Note that "harmonic seventh" still requires other sevenths to be distinguished from it, unlike diesis and comma. | Note that "harmonic seventh" still requires other sevenths to be distinguished from it, unlike diesis and comma. | ||
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== What about accidentals? == | == What about accidentals? == | ||
This system does not specify accidentals. I would personally use "sharp" and "flat" to cover the distances between some kind of minor third and some kind of major third (if not thirds, then seconds, sixths, or sevenths), preferably those close to either the common (300c and 400c) or just (315c and 386c) thirds, but I know the two are usually defined in terms of the circle of fifths (as in ups-and-downs notation and in Pythagorean tuning) and that can be used as well, where such systems are applicable. | |||
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