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==music theory that does not have a name yet==

~~I decided to make a music theory from scratch, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].~~

A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.

~~===why?===~~

A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators ~~as a concept~~ extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. ~~And~~ I dislike the concept of equivalence in general; I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.

So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].

===~~the music theory~~===

~~Pretend this~~ is ~~a script for a youtube video. That's~~ the ~~type~~ of ~~explanation I'm going to try to make this~~.

===Terms===

First, some terms. Most of these are widely-used but I might be using them slightly differently here.

- Harmonic series

The set of pitches with frequencies that are integer multiples of the fundamental, including the fundamental itself. This is called the harmonic series of that fundamental.

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 ==music theory that does not have a name yet==
-I decided to make a music theory from scratch, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].
+A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
-===why?===
-A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators as a concept extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. And I dislike the concept of equivalence in general; I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
+So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata].
-===the music theory===
-Pretend this is a script for a youtube video. That's the type of explanation I'm going to try to make this.
+===Terms===
+First, some terms. Most of these are widely-used but I might be using them slightly differently here.
+- Harmonic series
+The set of pitches with frequencies that are integer multiples of the fundamental, including the fundamental itself. This is called the harmonic series of that fundamental.