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I've known about quarter tones ([[24edo]]) since I was very young. I've even dabbled around with it before 2022, and used its absolute frequencies with A = 440 Hz as a way to compare just intonation and equal temperament, though for most of my life that was the only microtonal tuning I knew about. Since late 2022, I've also gotten into sixth tones ([[36edo]]) for exploring septimal harmonies.

[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of ~~the~~ walled garden ~~that is 12 equal~~, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first work I've ever heard in ~~a non-12 tuning~~. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.

[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of 12-TET's walled garden, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first microtonal work I've ever heard that wasn't in standard quarter tones. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.

This was followed by [[19edo]], after hearing ''Sunsrise'' by Supahstar Saga. 19 has its unique quirks that make it a good tuning for a lot of Western music, though I think its sound is best suited to songs with largely pentatonic melodies since the diatonic scale sounds quite loose to me. Augmented and diminished chords sound very weird, though, even more jarring than 31.

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 I've known about quarter tones ([[24edo]]) since I was very young. I've even dabbled around with it before 2022, and used its absolute frequencies with A = 440 Hz as a way to compare just intonation and equal temperament, though for most of my life that was the only microtonal tuning I knew about. Since late 2022, I've also gotten into sixth tones ([[36edo]]) for exploring septimal harmonies.
-[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of the walled garden that is 12 equal, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first work I've ever heard in a non-12 tuning. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.
+[[31edo]] is the first alternative tuning I learned about which helped me break out of 12-TET's walled garden, and [[Sevish]]'s song ''Better Left Unanswered'' is the first microtonal work I've ever heard that wasn't in standard quarter tones. I learned about it mainly after exploring quarter-comma meantone in classical music, and I think it's the most practical alternate tuning for most Western musicians to get into. It has excellent 7-limit and 11-limit harmonies as well (even better than 36edo), so it could also be useful for blues and jazz.
 This was followed by [[19edo]], after hearing ''Sunsrise'' by Supahstar Saga. 19 has its unique quirks that make it a good tuning for a lot of Western music, though I think its sound is best suited to songs with largely pentatonic melodies since the diatonic scale sounds quite loose to me. Augmented and diminished chords sound very weird, though, even more jarring than 31.