List of approaches to musical tuning: Difference between revisions

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*[[Just intonation]]: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models:
*[[Just intonation]]: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models:
**[[Combination product sets]]
**[[Combination product sets]]
**[[Fokker blocks]]
** The [[harmonic series]]
** The [[harmonic series]]
**[[Fokker blocks]]
** [[Isoharmonic chord]]s
**[[Overtone scale]]s & [[primodality]]
**[[Overtone scale]]s & [[primodality]]
**[[Tonality diamond]]s
**[[Tonality diamond]]s
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*[[Historical temperaments|Historical western temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] and [[meantone]] tunings and [[well temperament]]s in Western common practice music.
*[[Historical temperaments|Historical western temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[Pythagorean tuning|Pythagorean]] and [[meantone]] tunings and [[well temperament]]s in Western common practice music.
*[[Tetrachord|Tetrachordal scales]]: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.
*[[Tetrachord|Tetrachordal scales]]: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.
*[[Isoharmonic chords]]: the use of chords with an equal harmonic difference between the pitches as building blocks for scales.


== Subjective processes ==
== Subjective processes ==