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== Notations that have been or could be used for composing/performing xenharmonic music ==
== Types of notation ==
This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.


=== General systems ===
=== Intended for any tuning ===
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Global notation]]
* [[Tablets]]
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
* [[Tablets]]
* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
* [[Global notation]]


=== ETs / EDOs ===
=== Intended for just intonation ===
* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (and neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
* [[Ups and downs notation]] (and neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian & Turkish]] music)
 
=== Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then ===
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
 
=== Intended for both equal and unequal temperaments ===
* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* [[Ups and downs notation]] (& neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[Porcupine notation]]
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
=== Intended for equal temperaments ===
==== Multiple temperaments ====
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other edos that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).
* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]


==== Single ET / EDO ====
==== One specific temperament ====
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] (when applied to [[19edo]])
* [[MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation]]
* [[Tartini/Couper]] for [[31edo]]
* [[Tartini/Couper]] for [[31edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[72edo]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] color notation for [[72edo]]
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for 72edo
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] color notation for 72edo
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]


=== JI ===
=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]], for unambiguously, intuitively and succinctly writing all of JI.
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]]. Compact notation for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.
 
=== Mosses / regular temperaments ===
* [[Porcupine notation]]
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
 
=== N-tone scales ===
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation]]


== Microtonal scores ==
== Microtonal scores ==
See dedicated [[Scores]] page.
See the dedicated [[Scores]] page.


== Microtonal fonts ==
== Microtonal fonts ==
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== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
Please see the list at page [[Software #Notation software]]
See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] - [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Revision as of 05:41, 15 January 2025

Types of notation

This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing xenharmonic music.

Intended for any tuning

Intended for just intonation

Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then

Intended for both equal and unequal temperaments

Intended for equal temperaments

Multiple temperaments

One specific temperament

Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries

Microtonal scores

See the dedicated Scores page.

Microtonal fonts

Notation program/editors for microtonal music

See the dedicated list at the page: Software #Notation software.

See also

External links


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