Talk:General theory

This page also contains archived Wikispaces discussion.

This article is easily accessed and is intended to serve as a portal to the pedagogical enrichment of newcomers to the xenharmonic community as well as of more established members who are unaware of certain bodies of knowledge. As a result, it has been semi-protected to prevent vandalism. Please be mindful of this when making edits to the article, or to the articles linked herefrom.

Are these things really "core concepts"?

- Hexany

- Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic

- Equal division of the tritave

- Chord of nature

-- VectorGraphics (talk) 04:47, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

No, not really. EDTs is an interesting case, because if you ask me they should be a sidenote at best. For some reason in music education, if you see anything about microtonality, it is likely to include something like JI, 24edo, and Bohlen-Pierce. Why it is this way, I have no idea.

Regardless, here's my proposal:

• Just intonation
  • Harmonic series
  • Harmonic limit
  • Odd limit
• Scales
  • Equal division of the octave
  • MOS scale
  • Periods and generators
• Temperaments
  • Equal temperament
  • Well temperament
  • Regular temperament

Other things to consider: JI: just intonation subgroup, scales: step pattern, maybe combination product set instead of hexany. I personally like "Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic" enough but it should be under "RTT" if we keep it.

– Sintel🎏 (talk) 09:52, 23 April 2025 (UTC)