Talk:159edo/Notation: Difference between revisions

In general I don't like combining accidentals into complex glyphs, like the arrows on the sharp that HEJI has. I prefer multiple accidentals in a row, analogous to letters forming words. I also prefer accidentals not get too tall, since it makes it hard to notate close-voiced chords.

: Thanks for taking the time to respond.  Perhaps we can file this under other ideas for notating 159edo...  Yes, I do fancy the idea of sticking to HEJI and Mainstream Quartertones- at least for the main accidentals- as they are more likely to be familiar to people, and for the record, I *can* actually pronounce note names such as "D-Sesquiflat".  Nevertheless, it's good to see that we both agree that there's a need for more than one set of accidental symbols on larger EDOs.  I realize you dislike the idea of the demisharp and demiflat symbols being mapped to 7 steps when sharp and flat are mapped to 15, and you have every right not to like that, but dare I point out that we have a similar problem in 5-limit Just Intonation where two [[25/24]] chromatic semitones add up to less than a proper whole tone, let alone a proper double sharp, so that objection doesn't exactly sit well with me.  On another note, now that you have pointed out the problems with stacking the darts, as well as the mismatch between the darts and the combined glyphs, I think that means we'll just have have to get more creative. --[[User:Aura|Aura]] ([[User talk:Aura|talk]]) 04:59, 7 October 2020 (UTC)