Pain free guide to Sagittal: Difference between revisions

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What we have in sagittal is a tier system, accidentals that represent [[chromatic]] alterations of a given tuning. It starts large and gradually gets to finer and finer distinctions depending on how many notes you want to distinguish. The way it works is you have one accidental indicating a pitch difference of one degree and this is added on to the notes beginning where the seven fifths cycle ends. In other words if you have F C G D A E B when you get to F again, you need to use this +1 accidental. So in 12edo we use a # sign like this F C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#… the cycle continues with E# but that is simply an enharmonic of the note F so it's no different in 12edo. We use a # sign indicating a +1 or b indicating -1, sagittal uses different signs for 12edo's +1 and -1 which look like this:

[[File:Screen_Shot_2015-07-31_at_11.02.12_AM.png|alt=Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png|363x172px|Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png]] We can see that these symbols look a bit different from normal sharps and flats. But they are the exact same thing because ~~the~~ represent a +1 and -1 alteration of 12edo. This means that any edo with only one size of alteration will use these signs here to indicate it. Alternatively, if you're someone who prefers to us # and b you can use that too as long as you indicate the edo it represents. Sagittal must have the edo indicated or it will not make sense what tuning you are trying to convey. So if you use these arrows for 12edo for some reason, you have to say it's for 12edo.

[[File:Screen_Shot_2015-07-31_at_11.02.12_AM.png|alt=Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png|363x172px|Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png]] We can see that these symbols look a bit different from normal sharps and flats. But they are the exact same thing, because they both represent a +1 and -1 alteration in 12edo. This means that any edo with only one size of alteration will use these signs here to indicate it. Alternatively, if you're someone who prefers to use sharps (#) and flats (b) you can use that too, as long as you indicate the edo it represents. Sagittal must have the edo indicated or it will not make sense what tuning you are trying to convey. So if you use these arrows for 12edo for some reason, you have to say it's for 12edo.

Now if we wanna write this symbol as in text without a special font, we use the ~~asci~~ version: /||\ which kinda looks like the symbol so that shouldn't be hard to remember. The symbols on the left would appear as C\||/ and C/||\ in text. The symbols on the left are read the same as # and b as "Sharp" and "Flat".

Now if we wanna write this symbol as in text without a special font, we use the ascii version: /||\ which kinda looks like the symbol, so that shouldn't be hard to remember. The symbols on the left would appear as C\||/ and C/||\ in text. The symbols on the left are read the same as # and b as "Sharp" and "Flat".

== Back to 9edo!!!! ==

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 What we have in sagittal is a tier system, accidentals that represent [[chromatic]] alterations of a given tuning. It starts large and gradually gets to finer and finer distinctions depending on how many notes you want to distinguish. The way it works is you have one accidental indicating a pitch difference of one degree and this is added on to the notes beginning where the seven fifths cycle ends. In other words if you have F C G D A E B when you get to F again, you need to use this +1 accidental. So in 12edo we use a # sign like this F C G D A E B F# C# G# D# A#… the cycle continues with E# but that is simply an enharmonic of the note F so it's no different in 12edo. We use a # sign indicating a +1 or b indicating -1, sagittal uses different signs for 12edo's +1 and -1 which look like this:
-[[File:Screen_Shot_2015-07-31_at_11.02.12_AM.png|alt=Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png|363x172px|Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png]] We can see that these symbols look a bit different from normal sharps and flats. But they are the exact same thing because the represent a +1 and -1 alteration of 12edo. This means that any edo with only one size of alteration will use these signs here to indicate it. Alternatively, if you're someone who prefers to us # and b you can use that too as long as you indicate the edo it represents. Sagittal must have the edo indicated or it will not make sense what tuning you are trying to convey. So if you use these arrows for 12edo for some reason, you have to say it's for 12edo.
+[[File:Screen_Shot_2015-07-31_at_11.02.12_AM.png|alt=Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png|363x172px|Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 11.02.12 AM.png]] We can see that these symbols look a bit different from normal sharps and flats. But they are the exact same thing, because they both represent a +1 and -1 alteration in 12edo. This means that any edo with only one size of alteration will use these signs here to indicate it. Alternatively, if you're someone who prefers to use sharps (#) and flats (b) you can use that too, as long as you indicate the edo it represents. Sagittal must have the edo indicated or it will not make sense what tuning you are trying to convey. So if you use these arrows for 12edo for some reason, you have to say it's for 12edo.
-Now if we wanna write this symbol as in text without a special font, we use the asci version: /||\ which kinda looks like the symbol so that shouldn't be hard to remember. The symbols on the left would appear as C\||/ and C/||\ in text. The symbols on the left are read the same as # and b as "Sharp" and "Flat".
+Now if we wanna write this symbol as in text without a special font, we use the ascii version: /||\ which kinda looks like the symbol, so that shouldn't be hard to remember. The symbols on the left would appear as C\||/ and C/||\ in text. The symbols on the left are read the same as # and b as "Sharp" and "Flat".
 == Back to 9edo!!!! ==