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=== Solfege === | === Solfege === | ||
There are a lot of variants of solfege, depending on culture and tradition. Some traditions use moveable "do," and others use fixed "do." Typically, moveable "do" systems employ varying vowel sounds to note accidentals, whereas fixed "do" systems usually use sharp and flat accidentals as letter notation does. | There are a lot of variants of solfege, depending on culture and tradition. Some traditions use moveable "do," and others use fixed "do." Typically, moveable "do" systems employ varying vowel sounds to note accidentals, whereas fixed "do" systems usually use sharp and flat accidentals as letter notation does. | ||
== Tuning (a stringed instrument) == | |||
There are many approaches to tuning (if you are reading this, then that statement should seem ironic here), so tuning something like a guitar in 19edo might seem like a daunting task. | |||
One approach is to maintain familiar spacing and tune open strings (low to high): E A D G B E. | |||
But make sure to use 19edo E A D G and B. If you use a [[reference tone]] A=440 Hz, then you can use an electronic chromatic tuner with a needle or digital display. | |||
E - flat 5 cents (5.263 to be more precise) | |||
A - right on the money | |||
D - sharp 5 cents (again 5.263) | |||
G - sharp 11 cents (10.526 to be more precise) | |||
B - flat 11 cents (again 10.526) | |||
E - same as the other E, flat 5 cents | |||
Keep in mind that not everyone uses A=440 Hz, especially in xenharmonic tunings like 19edo, though. If the other musicians playing with you use a C standard instead of an A standard, you'll have to tune everything flatter to keep up. In that case: | |||
E - 23 cents flat | |||
A - 18 cents flat | |||
D - 12 cents flat | |||
G - 7 cents flat | |||
B - 28 cents flat | |||
E - 23 cents flat | |||
== Major Scale == | == Major Scale == | ||