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=== About | === About musical tuning === | ||
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* '''[[Microtonal music|What is microtonal music?]]''' | |||
* '''[[Why Microtonality?|Why microtonality?]]''' (And why does anyone care about microtonal music?) | |||
* '''[[Approaches to Musical Tuning|What are some different kinds of tuning systems that exist?]]''' | |||
* '''[[Systematic comma names explained|How do I decode those strange looking comma names?]]''' | |||
* '''What does “golden” refer to in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?''' | |||
** [[Rank-2 temperament]]s (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate [[MOS scale]]s with two step sizes, large and small. | |||
** Depending on what [[generator]] you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament. | |||
** If the ratio between the step sizes is the [[golden ratio]], then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar. | |||
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*** Then every subsequent time you can just use<nowiki> <ref name="Bob et al." /> </nowiki>without all the rest. | *** Then every subsequent time you can just use<nowiki> <ref name="Bob et al." /> </nowiki>without all the rest. | ||
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Revision as of 07:29, 16 December 2024
Whether they are frequent or one-of-a-kind, all questions are welcome here. When listing questions, list broad, general questions higher and niche, more specific questions lower. Answer each question on a separate page, linked to by the question.
Answered questions
About musical tuning
- Why microtonality? (And why does anyone care about microtonal music?)
- What does “golden” refer to in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?
- Rank-2 temperaments (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate MOS scales with two step sizes, large and small.
- Depending on what generator you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament.
- If the ratio between the step sizes is the golden ratio, then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar.
About the wiki
- There's so much to read. Where do I start?
- The page Xen concepts for beginners is the best place to start.
- After that, check out General Theory for a list of foundational pages about musical tuning.
- What are this wiki's strengths and weaknesses? (How does it compare to other resources?)
About editing the wiki
- How can I add an inline citation or note?
- Use “<ref>The contents of the note</ref>” at the place you want the little superscript number to appear.
- Use “< /references>” at the place you want the list of references to appear. (If you do not specify this, it will default to the very bottom of the page.)
- If you want to cite the same reference multiple times, give it a name e.g. “<ref name="Bob et al.">The contents of the note</ref>” the first time you use it.
- Then every subsequent time you can just use <ref name="Bob et al." /> without all the rest.
- Use “<ref>The contents of the note</ref>” at the place you want the little superscript number to appear.
Unanswered questions
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Todo: answer questions |
- How do I actually use a rank-3 temperament? (Please make a step-by-step guide of how to go from the 3 generators at the start, to a Scala file that works with Scale Workshop at the end? Every step of the way, explain like I’m five?)
in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Rank-3 temperament
in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Category:People
- Why do microtonal musicians argue so much? (And do they argue more than people in other fields of research?)
(You are encouraged to add more questions here)