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<ul><li>[[JustIntonation|Just Intonation]]: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models: the harmonic series, integer frequency ratios, tonality diamonds, eikosany, Fokker blocks etc.</li><li>[[Generalized_overtone_tuning|Generalized overtone tuning]]: An approach similar to just intonation, but using an instrument's actual, non-harmonic overtone spectrum (e.g the partials of a metal bar, drum head, or synthesized timbre) to relate frequencies instead of the harmonic series.</li><li>[[Equal_Temperaments|Equal tuning]]: Tunings that use a single interval (and combinations thereof) to form a subtle monoculture of intervals.</li><li>[[Historical_Western_Temperaments|Historical Western Temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[Meantone|meantone tunings]] and [[Circulating_Temperaments|circulating temperaments]] in Western common practice music.</li><li>Musical traditions of indigenous, ancient, and/or non-Western cultures<ul><li>[[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Arabic, Turkish, Persian]]</li><li>[[Indian|Indian]] (North, South)</li><li>[[African|African]]</li><li>Thai</li><li>[[Pre-Columbian_South_American_Music|Pre-Columbian South American]] (e.g. Maya, Inca, Aztec..)</li><li>[[Indonesian|Indonesian]] (Java, Bali)</li><li>Ancient Greek, [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Byzantine_Chant#The_scale Byzantine]</li><li>[[Georgian|Georgian]]</li></ul></li><li>[[Regular_Temperaments|Regular Temperaments]]: (including Linear Temperaments): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which Just Intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires</li><li>[[MOSScales|Moment of Symmetry]]: Tunings (or better, scales) that use iterations of a generating interval, modulo a period interval, to produce scales of two step-sizes.</li><li>[[Empirical|Empirical]]: This is a form of hands-on field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering, where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.</li><li>[[tetrachord|Tetrachordal Scales]]: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.</li><li>[[isoharmonic_chords|Isoharmonic chords/scales]]</li><li>[[Pretty_Pictures|Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another</li><li>[[Notation|Notation]] (pretty pictures for the purpose of writing music down)<ul><li>[[Nominal-Accidental_Chains|Nominal-Accidental Chains]] A common approach to notation</li></ul></li><li>the notion of a [[Scalesmith|Scalesmith]] who ''builds'' scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions<ul><li>Mathematically based scales</li><li>Acoustically-based scales (resonant frequencies of performance space, for example)</li><li>Scale transformation and stretching</li><li>Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales</li></ul></li></ul>     [[Category:overview]]
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&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;Below is a partial list of currently-established theories and approaches related to tuning.&lt;/span&gt;
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* [[JustIntonation|Just Intonation]]: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models: the harmonic series, integer frequency ratios, tonality diamonds, eikosany, Fokker blocks etc.
* [[Generalized overtone tuning]]: An approach similar to just intonation, but using an instrument's actual, non-harmonic overtone spectrum (e.g the partials of a metal bar, drum head, or synthesized timbre) to relate frequencies instead of the harmonic series.
* [[xenharmonic/Equal Temperaments|Equal tuning]]: Tunings that use a single interval (and combinations thereof) to form a subtle monoculture of intervals.
* [[Historical Western Temperaments]]: The (somewhat forgotten) use of [[xenharmonic/Meantone|meantone tunings]] and [[circulating temperaments]] in Western common practice music.
* Musical traditions of indigenous, ancient, and/or non-Western cultures
** [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]]
** [[Indian]] (North, South)
** [[African]]
** Thai
** [[Pre-Columbian South American Music|Pre-Columbian South American]] (e.g. Maya, Inca, Aztec..)
** [[Indonesian]] (Java, Bali)
** Ancient Greek, [[http://orthodoxwiki.org/Byzantine_Chant#The_scale|Byzantine]]
** [[Georgian]]
* [[Regular Temperaments]]: (including Linear Temperaments): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which Just Intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires
* [[MOSScales|Moment of Symmetry]]: Tunings (or better, scales) that use iterations of a generating interval, modulo a period interval, to produce scales of two step-sizes.
* [[Empirical]]: This is a form of hands-on field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering, where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.
* [[tetrachord|Tetrachordal Scales]]: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.
* [[isoharmonic chords|Isoharmonic chords/scales]]
* [[Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another
* [[Notation]] (pretty pictures for the purpose of writing music down)
** [[Nominal-Accidental Chains]] A common approach to notation
* the notion of a [[Scalesmith]] who //builds// scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions
** Mathematically based scales
** Acoustically-based scales (resonant frequencies of performance space, for example)
** Scale transformation and stretching
** Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales</pre></div>
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&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;Below is a partial list of currently-established theories and approaches related to tuning.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/JustIntonation"&gt;Just Intonation&lt;/a&gt;: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models: the harmonic series, integer frequency ratios, tonality diamonds, eikosany, Fokker blocks etc.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Generalized%20overtone%20tuning"&gt;Generalized overtone tuning&lt;/a&gt;: An approach similar to just intonation, but using an instrument's actual, non-harmonic overtone spectrum (e.g the partials of a metal bar, drum head, or synthesized timbre) to relate frequencies instead of the harmonic series.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Equal%20Temperaments"&gt;Equal tuning&lt;/a&gt;: Tunings that use a single interval (and combinations thereof) to form a subtle monoculture of intervals.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Historical%20Western%20Temperaments"&gt;Historical Western Temperaments&lt;/a&gt;: The (somewhat forgotten) use of &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Meantone"&gt;meantone tunings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/circulating%20temperaments"&gt;circulating temperaments&lt;/a&gt; in Western common practice music.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Musical traditions of indigenous, ancient, and/or non-Western cultures&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"&gt;Arabic, Turkish, Persian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Indian"&gt;Indian&lt;/a&gt; (North, South)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/African"&gt;African&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Thai&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Pre-Columbian%20South%20American%20Music"&gt;Pre-Columbian South American&lt;/a&gt; (e.g. Maya, Inca, Aztec..)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Indonesian"&gt;Indonesian&lt;/a&gt; (Java, Bali)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ancient Greek, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://orthodoxwiki.org/Byzantine_Chant#The_scale" rel="nofollow"&gt;Byzantine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Georgian"&gt;Georgian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments"&gt;Regular Temperaments&lt;/a&gt;: (including Linear Temperaments): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which Just Intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales"&gt;Moment of Symmetry&lt;/a&gt;: Tunings (or better, scales) that use iterations of a generating interval, modulo a period interval, to produce scales of two step-sizes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Empirical"&gt;Empirical&lt;/a&gt;: This is a form of hands-on field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering, where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/tetrachord"&gt;Tetrachordal Scales&lt;/a&gt;: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/isoharmonic%20chords"&gt;Isoharmonic chords/scales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Pretty%20Pictures"&gt;Pretty Pictures&lt;/a&gt; that represent scales in one way or another&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Notation"&gt;Notation&lt;/a&gt; (pretty pictures for the purpose of writing music down)&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Nominal-Accidental%20Chains"&gt;Nominal-Accidental Chains&lt;/a&gt; A common approach to notation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the notion of a &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Scalesmith"&gt;Scalesmith&lt;/a&gt; who &lt;em&gt;builds&lt;/em&gt; scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mathematically based scales&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Acoustically-based scales (resonant frequencies of performance space, for example)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Scale transformation and stretching&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

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日本語

Below is a partial list of currently-established theories and approaches related to tuning.

  • Just Intonation: The tuning of pitches so that their fundamental frequencies are related by ratios of whole numbers. An infinite world of numerous models: the harmonic series, integer frequency ratios, tonality diamonds, eikosany, Fokker blocks etc.
  • Generalized overtone tuning: An approach similar to just intonation, but using an instrument's actual, non-harmonic overtone spectrum (e.g the partials of a metal bar, drum head, or synthesized timbre) to relate frequencies instead of the harmonic series.
  • Equal tuning: Tunings that use a single interval (and combinations thereof) to form a subtle monoculture of intervals.
  • Historical Western Temperaments: The (somewhat forgotten) use of meantone tunings and circulating temperaments in Western common practice music.
  • Musical traditions of indigenous, ancient, and/or non-Western cultures
  • Regular Temperaments: (including Linear Temperaments): a centuries-old practice that has recently undergone a mathematical facelift, in which Just Intonation is selectively and regularly detuned in various ways, to better meet a variety of compositional desires
  • Moment of Symmetry: Tunings (or better, scales) that use iterations of a generating interval, modulo a period interval, to produce scales of two step-sizes.
  • Empirical: This is a form of hands-on field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering, where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.
  • Tetrachordal Scales: the use of divided fourths as building blocks for composition.
  • Isoharmonic chords/scales
  • Pretty Pictures that represent scales in one way or another
  • Notation (pretty pictures for the purpose of writing music down)
  • the notion of a Scalesmith who builds scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions
    • Mathematically based scales
    • Acoustically-based scales (resonant frequencies of performance space, for example)
    • Scale transformation and stretching
    • Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales