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== Just Intonation (JI) == | == Just Intonation (JI) == | ||
[[File:Ji intro.mp4|thumb|0x0px|Introduction to JI]] | |||
If the pitch or frequency of a note is the number of times per second it causes the air to vibrate, and an interval is when two notes play at the same time, then Just Intonation (JI) is where the frequencies of the notes form whole-number ratios with each other. | If the pitch or frequency of a note is the number of times per second it causes the air to vibrate, and an interval is when two notes play at the same time, then Just Intonation (JI) is where the frequencies of the notes form whole-number ratios with each other. | ||
=== Harmonic Series === | === Harmonic Series === | ||
A fundamental aspect of JI is the harmonic series. The harmonic series is the series that happens when you keep adding the first frequency over and over, ad infinitum. Which is 1:2:3:4:5:6:7… If we take a segment of it, we get different intervals and chords. For example, 4:5:6 is the major triad. ''Try it out in'' [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org Scale Workshop] ''by creating a new scale from the ‘harmonic series segment’''! | A fundamental aspect of JI is the harmonic series. The harmonic series is the series that happens when you keep adding the first frequency over and over, ad infinitum. Which is 1:2:3:4:5:6:7… If we take a segment of it, we get different intervals and chords. For example, 4:5:6 is the major triad. ''Try it out in'' [https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org Scale Workshop] ''by creating a new scale from the ‘harmonic series segment’''! | ||