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=== Intended for just intonation === | === Intended for just intonation === | ||
''See also: [[Just intonation]]''. | |||
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI) | * The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI) | ||
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner]) | * [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner]) | ||
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=== Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then === | === Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then === | ||
''See also: [[MOS scale]], [[Temperament]], [[Regular temperament]]''. | |||
* [[Diamond-mos notation]] | * [[Diamond-mos notation]] | ||
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs) | * [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs) | ||
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=== Intended for equal temperaments === | === Intended for equal temperaments === | ||
''See also: [[Equal-step tuning]], [[Equal division of the octave]]''. | |||
==== Multiple temperaments ==== | ==== Multiple temperaments ==== | ||
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24 | * [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24 | ||
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=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries === | === Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries === | ||
''See also: [[Scale]]''. | |||
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]] | * [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]] | ||
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]] | * [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]] | ||
Revision as of 05:44, 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
- Sagittal notation
- Global notation
- Tablets
- Scordatura/tablature notation (various schemes)
Intended for just intonation
See also: Just intonation.
- The Functional Just System (FJS) (for all of JI)
- Color notation (used in alt-tuner)
- The Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)
- Ben Johnston's notation
- Rational Comma Notation (RCN) by David Ryan (for all of JI)
- Julien Jalaleddine Weiss (for Arabic, Iranian & Turkish music)
Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then
See also: MOS scale, Temperament, Regular temperament.
- 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 (with an alternative symbol set))
- Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation
- Fractional sharp notation
- Erv Wilson's Linear Notations
- Extended meantone notation (diesis and kleisma up/down, for meantone systems including 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 notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)
- Arcturus hendecatonic notation
- KISS notation
- Porcupine notation
- User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation
Intended for equal temperaments
See also: Equal-step tuning, Equal division of the octave.
Multiple temperaments
- Easley Blackwood's symbols for ETs 13-24
- Bohlen-Pierce theory for 13edt and other EDTs that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
- Heptatonic notation
- Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation
- Modal systematization of soid-family scales
One specific temperament
- The Pentadecaphonic System[dead link] (adding the 'H' note)
- David S. Goldsmith's notation for 16edo
- MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation
- MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation
- Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation (when applied to 19edo)
- MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation
- MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation
- Tartini/Couper for 31edo
- MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation
- Maneri-Sims notation for 72edo
- Richter Herf / Maedel for 72edo
- Wyschnegradsky color notation for 72edo
- H-System for 205edo
Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries
See also: Scale.
- Julian Carrillo's index notation
- MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation
- MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation
Microtonal scores
See the dedicated Scores page.
Microtonal fonts
- Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html[dead link]
- Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/[dead link]
- Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/
- Plainsound Music Edition fonts for the Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI) - under "JI/MICROTONAL RESOURCES". https://www.plainsound.org/
Notation program/editors for microtonal music
See the dedicated list at the page: Software #Notation software.
See also
- Subset notation
- Notation (McLaren) - Brian McLaren’s post on notation
External links
- Types of Notation (Carl Lumma)
- Amazon page for Gardner Read's survey of 20th-century microtonal notations
- Transnotating Carlos Gamma with Logic Pro's Environment
- Bryan Deister microtonal improvisations transcribed (31edo to 50edo) - A video by Stephen Weigel which shows off a wide range of notational approaches to a wide range of equal step tunings.
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