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 {{Mbox|type=notice|text=Please use this page's [[User_talk:Mousemambo/Scala_tuning_system|Discussion page]] for comments and suggestions. Or you can join the discussion in the #wiki channel of the Xenharmonic Alliance's [https://discord.com/invite/FSF5JFT Discord server]. This developing page is initially just an outline, but will be expanded into a proper page. Please note that I used square brackets to indicate personal notes to myself for article development, but these will all be removed in the final document.}}
 {{Mbox|type=notice|text=This page is being explored as a possible new main space article. Much of its content might best be split out into a "Scala scale file" page and a "Scala keyboard mapping file" page, but part of the reason to explore this page is to figure that out. This page is part of a set of pages intended to work together, including "[[User:Mousemambo/Tuning_methods|Tuning methods]]," and "[[User:Mousemambo/Document_draft|Guide to Tuning a Software Synth in a DAW]]." The proposed article title "Scala tuning system" is not entirely ideal because "tuning system" is also used to mean a musical tuning, but this seems the best compromise to me. The alternative "Scala tuning files system" or "Scala tuning files" is unattractive because "Scala tuning file" is used as a synonym for the more correct term "Scala scale file."}}
-The Scala tuning system is a standard specification for establishing a [[Periodic scale|periodic]] [[tuning system]] or music [[scale]], which can be interpreted by [[List of music software#Software instruments|software]] and [[Instruments#Electronic instruments|electronic musical instruments]] that use [[MIDI]] data. Musical instruments that support this standard allow flexible tuning beyond [[12edo|12-EDO]]. Complete support for the standard requires using two files, a scale file and a keyboard mapping file. Some instruments supports only the Scala scale file, and therefore requires manually setting the tuning base or [[tonic]] and a [[Reference tone|tuning reference]] [[note]] [[pitch]] [[frequency]].
+The Scala tuning system is a standard specification for establishing a [[Periodic scale|periodic]] [[tuning system]] or music [[scale]], which can be interpreted by [[List of music software#Software instruments|software]] and [[Instruments#Electronic instruments|electronic musical instruments]] that use [[MIDI]] data. Musical instruments that support this standard allow flexible tuning beyond [[12edo|12-EDO]]. Complete support for the standard requires using two files, a scale file and a keyboard mapping file. Some instruments supports only the Scala scale file, and therefore require manually setting the tuning base or [[tonic]] and a [[Reference tone|tuning reference]] [[note]] [[pitch]] [[frequency]].
-The Scala scale file defines the number of notes in the tuning, and their [[Interval|intervallic relationship]] with the note serving as the tuning base (which may be a tonic). The scale file does not anchor the tuning base to a specific MIDI note, nor set absolute pitch frequencies for any notes in the tuning. The Scala mapping file states the range of MIDI notes to be retuned, identifies a MIDI note anchor for the tuning base, and also identifies a tuning reference note and sets its absolute pitch frequency. The mapping file can also assign other notes of the tuning to specific MIDI notes, which maps the tuning's notes to a standard piano [[keyboard]] or more [[Keyboard#Alternative keyboards|unusual controller]].
+A Scala scale file defines the number of notes in the tuning, and their [[Interval|intervallic relationship]] with the note serving as the tuning base (which may be a tonic). The scale file does not anchor the tuning base to a specific MIDI note, nor set absolute pitch frequencies for any notes in the tuning. A Scala mapping file states the range of MIDI notes to be retuned, identifies a MIDI note anchor for the tuning base, and also identifies a tuning reference note and sets its absolute pitch frequency. The mapping file can also assign notes of the tuning to specific MIDI notes, which maps the tuning's notes to a standard piano [[keyboard]] or more [[Keyboard#Alternative keyboards|unusual controller]].
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 #Scala scale file
 ##What the scale file does
-###Defines the notes of the tuning and their intervallic relationships
+###Defines the notes of the tuning by their intervallic relationships
-###Identifies a MIDI note for the tuning base
+###Provides a brief description and optional comments
 ##Alternative methods for specifying a tuning
 ###By frequency ratio with the tuning base
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 #Scala keyboard mapping file
 ##What the keyboard mapping file does
-###Sets one MIDI note as the tuning reference note
+###Selects a MIDI note for the tuning base
+###Selects a MIDI note as the tuning reference note
 ###Sets the tuning reference note to a reference pitch frequency
 ###Identifies which MIDI notes will be retuned
-###Maps notes of the tuning to MIDI notes of the controller
+###Maps notes of the tuning (scale degrees) to MIDI notes of the controller
+###Provides optional comments
 ##Scala keyboard mapping file format
 #Scala tuning in practice