List of approaches to musical tuning: Difference between revisions
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** Undertone scales/[[IFDO]]s | ** Undertone scales/[[IFDO]]s | ||
** etc. | ** etc. | ||
* [[Timbral tuning]]: An approach similar to just intonation, but using an instrument's actual, non-harmonic overtone spectrum (e.g. the partials of a metal bar, drum head, or synthesized timbre) to relate frequencies instead of the harmonic series. | |||
* [[Regular temperament]]s (including [[linear temperament]]s): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which just intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires | * [[Regular temperament]]s (including [[linear temperament]]s): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which just intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires | ||
* [[Historical temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[Pythagorean tuning]], [[meantone]] tunings and [[well temperament]]s in Western common practice music. | * [[Historical temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[Pythagorean tuning]], [[meantone]] tunings and [[well temperament]]s in Western common practice music. | ||
* [[Homothetic just intonation]]: Just intonation with extra tones added in between according to a specific method. | * [[Homothetic just intonation]]: Just intonation with extra tones added in between according to a specific method. |