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Composers and theorists disagree about which of these temperaments matter most, but all of these temperaments are valued by at least a large subset of the xenharmonic community. | Composers and theorists disagree about which of these temperaments matter most, but all of these temperaments are valued by at least a large subset of the xenharmonic community. | ||
== | == Which temperaments should I use to make music? == | ||
There are many different schools of thought within RTT (regular temperament theory). | There are many different schools of thought within RTT (regular temperament theory). | ||
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That means that for temperaments ''in this table'', the more notes they require, the more accurate they are. The ones requiring less notes are less accurate, though they are good for their size. (Note that this rule is only true for ''the temperaments in this table'', it is not true of all temperaments in general.) | That means that for temperaments ''in this table'', the more notes they require, the more accurate they are. The ones requiring less notes are less accurate, though they are good for their size. (Note that this rule is only true for ''the temperaments in this table'', it is not true of all temperaments in general.) | ||
== Table of temperaments | == Table of temperaments == | ||
The temperaments within each cell should be sorted by accuracy, with the lowest [[damage]] temperament listed first. | The temperaments within each cell should be sorted by accuracy, with the lowest [[damage]] temperament listed first. | ||
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Only add temperaments if yourself, or at least a few other people, would recommend those temperaments. | Only add temperaments if yourself, or at least a few other people, would recommend those temperaments. | ||
== | == A simpler overview == | ||
For a | For a more straightforward, more strictly curated list of useful temperaments, see the following pages: | ||
* [[Middle Path table of five-limit rank two temperaments]] | * [[Middle Path table of five-limit rank two temperaments]] | ||
* [[Middle Path table of seven-limit rank two temperaments]] | * [[Middle Path table of seven-limit rank two temperaments]] | ||
* [[Middle Path table of eleven-limit rank two temperaments]] | * [[Middle Path table of eleven-limit rank two temperaments]] | ||
For a description of what the temperaments on the above pages are like, and how | For a description of what the temperaments on the above pages are like, and how those temperaments were chosen, read Paul Erlich’s ''Middle Path'' essay: | ||
* ''[[A Middle Path]]'' | * ''[[A Middle Path]]'' | ||
== | == A more descriptive overview == | ||
* See [[User:Godtone/Bird's eye view of temperaments by accuracy]] | * See [[User:Godtone/Bird's eye view of temperaments by accuracy]] - it has written descriptions of the temperaments | ||
== Advanced reading == | == Advanced reading == | ||
* [[Rank-3]] and [[rank-4]] temperaments: these are more complicated, rarely-used, types of temperaments | * [[Rank-3]] and [[rank-4]] temperaments: these are more complicated, rarely-used, types of temperaments | ||
* [[Tour of regular temperaments]]: a huge list of temperament families, many of which remain rarely-used | * [[Tour of regular temperaments]]: a huge list of temperament families, many of which remain rarely-used | ||