User:Ganaram inukshuk

I generally go by "Ganaram" or some variant of that (ganaram_inukshuk, gdinuk). (Discord: Ganaram Inukshuk#1325; I'm generally more active on the Xen Discord.)

I've heard about microtonality on and off over the years, but what drew me into the topic was two things: HEHEHE I AM A SUPAHSTAR SAGA's video series on 19edo and Patricia Taxxon's song Spiral Staircase.

From a compositional perspective, my goal is to incorporate xenharmonic elements into an otherwise normal-sounding song, though my more ambitious goal is to not use the diatonic (LLLsLLs) scale structure at all.

From a theory perspective, my goal is to better understand xenharmony from a temperament-agnostic perspective. This primarily means edos and MOSses, but extends to MV3 scales and higher.

Main mindset

As mentioned, I prefer to look at scales based in a temperament-agnostic sense, specifically scales whose notes are a subset of an equally divided octave (edo) wherein the number of steps needed to reach each successive note is one of at least two integer values. Doing so relieves me of the expectation that a certain interval must necessarily fall within a few cents of a JI ratio and lets me be more explorative with musical scales. (It's also less names to memorize; superpyth[7] and meantone[7] both entail the same abstract scale pattern composed of five large steps and two small steps, or 5L 2s, but changing the step ratio to anything else may result in something that may be neither superpyth nor meantone.)

In other words, I see temperaments as starting with tempered JI ratios where edos and mosses are the outcome. I prefer to start with edos and mosses and have tempered JI ratios be the outcome instead.

Other running assumptions and techniques may be found under the methodologies page below.

TO-DO list, major contributions, and wish list

Contributions

• MOS recursion and MOS recursion algorithms; tried my best to make the descriptions for MOS recursion apply to all cases (Work-in-progress)
• A page for horograms, since it was totally absent (Work-in-progress)
• Finding and sorting the modes of an MV2/MOS by modal brightness (see subpages section below)
• Adding descriptions for certain pages so that they also apply to step sequences, such as that for an interval matrix and muddle

To-do list

• Constructing a circle of generating intervals for any MOS supported by a specific edo
• Constructing key signatures for any MOS
• Composing music with these abstract ideas

Wish list

• Every important edo has an accompanying page or subpage that lists all of its mosses and the temperaments they support. Examples can be found on 31edo and 17edo's mos pages.
• Every important mos displays a table that shows every interval and scale degree. I have a few mockups on my sandbox page.
  • If such a feature can be implemented, there can be input field for entering step sizes (or a slider for step ratio hardness/softness), which then updates the table with cent values for every interval.

Subpages

These pages contain content that currently don't have an exact place elsewhere on the Wiki, or contains personal notes that otherwise don't have an exact place on the Wiki. I do my best to explain these things as though I magically forgot everything I know about xenharmony, so I consider it a bonus if someone else found this easy to understand.

• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Diagrams - For xen-related diagrams
• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Notes - For xen-related notes
  • User:Ganaram inukshuk/Notes/TAMNAMS - Since I have so many notes related to TAMNAMS, I made a dedicated page for it
• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Tables - For xen-related tables
• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Code - For xen-related code
• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Models - For xen-related models (needs reorganizing)

These pages are descriptions on how I approach various things, such as compositional techniques and how I approach a scale I've never used before.

• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Methodologies

Sandbox page (for testing things)

• User:Ganaram inukshuk/Sandbox