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The porcutone system combines [[Porcupine]] – arguably the best way to add the 11th harmonic to major and minor harmonies in a seven-note scale – with with [[Meantone]] – the system underpinning most common practice music from the last several hundred years, so all the same scales (diatonic, harmonic minor, pentatonic, chromatic, etc.) are still available, just with a new Porcupine spin, and the 11th harmonic!   
The porcutone system combines [[Porcupine]] – arguably the best way to add the 11th harmonic to major and minor harmonies in a seven-note scale – with with [[Meantone]] – the system underpinning most common practice music from the last several hundred years, so all the same scales (diatonic, harmonic minor, pentatonic, chromatic, etc.) are still available, just with a new Porcupine spin, and the 11th harmonic!   


While there aren't as many consonant major and minor triads than we are used to, they are more consonant in Porcutone.  
While there aren't as many consonant major and minor triads as we are used to, they are more consonant in Porcutone.  


Each key is now distinctly different, both a blessing and a curse.  
As opposed to in [[12edo]], each key is distinctly different in porcutone, both a blessing and a curse.  


Additionally available in porcutone are a set of octatonic modes with their own Porcupine functional harmony, that combine [[Porcupine]][8] with the [[oneirotonic]] modes that are gaining popularity at the moment.  
Additionally available in porcutone are a set of octatonic modes with their own Porcupine functional harmony, that combine [[Porcupine]][8] with the [[oneirotonic]] modes that are gaining popularity at the moment.