Equal-step tuning: Difference between revisions
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">=Equal= | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">=Equal= | ||
Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale. | **Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale.** | ||
The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See [[roots]].) | The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See [[roots]].) | ||
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When a tuning is called "X tone equal temperament" (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means "X divisions of 2/1, the octave," but it also implies a mindset of [[Regular Temperaments|temperament]]—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale. | When a tuning is called "X tone equal temperament" (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means "X divisions of 2/1, the octave," but it also implies a mindset of [[Regular Temperaments|temperament]]—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale. | ||
The less loaded term //EDO//, meaning "equal divisions of the octave," is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture. | The less loaded term //EDO//, meaning "equal divisions of the octave," is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture. (There are other less standard terms, many in the [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx|Tonalsoft Encyclopedia]].) | ||
**As there are infinite intervals, there are infinite equal scales.** Barring technicalities there are large quantities of perceivably different equal scales. Seeing such a diverse menagerie at their disposal, some composers choose to combine multiple equal tunings [[ET surveys|sequentially]] or [[Polymicrotonality|simultaneously]]. | |||
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=Scale gallery= | |||
==Equal divisions...== | ==Equal divisions...== | ||
===...of the Octave (2/1)=== | ===...of the Octave (2/1)=== | ||
[[edo| | (wildly popular; [[edo|dedicated page]]) | ||
|| [[1edo]] || [[2edo]] || [[3edo]] || [[4edo]] || [[5edo]] || [[6edo]] || [[7edo]] || [[8edo]] || [[9edo]] || [[10edo]] || [[11edo]] || [[12edo]] || | || [[1edo]] || [[2edo]] || [[3edo]] || [[4edo]] || [[5edo]] || [[6edo]] || [[7edo]] || [[8edo]] || [[9edo]] || [[10edo]] || [[11edo]] || [[12edo]] || | ||
|| [[13edo]] || [[14edo]] || [[15edo]] || [[16edo]] || [[17edo]] || [[18edo]] || [[19edo]] || [[20edo]] || [[21edo]] || [[22edo]] || [[23edo]] || [[24edo]] || | || [[13edo]] || [[14edo]] || [[15edo]] || [[16edo]] || [[17edo]] || [[18edo]] || [[19edo]] || [[20edo]] || [[21edo]] || [[22edo]] || [[23edo]] || [[24edo]] || | ||
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25 (Stockhausen, McLaren) | 25 (Stockhausen, McLaren) | ||
==Equal multiplications== | ==Equal multiplications?== | ||
88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma | 88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Equal-step Tuning</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Equal"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Equal</h1> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Equal-step Tuning</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:&lt;h1&gt; --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Equal"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Equal</h1> | ||
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Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale.<br /> | <strong>Equal: a tuning in which every single step is the same interval; an equal-step scale.</strong><br /> | ||
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The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See <a class="wiki_link" href="/roots">roots</a>.)<br /> | The size of this single step is given explicitly (e.g. 88 cent equal temperament) or as a fraction of a larger interval (e.g. 13 equal tones per octave). (When a just interval is equally divided, none of the resulting intervals are just. See <a class="wiki_link" href="/roots">roots</a>.)<br /> | ||
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When a tuning is called &quot;X tone equal temperament&quot; (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means &quot;X divisions of 2/1, the octave,&quot; but it also implies a mindset of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">temperament</a>—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale.<br /> | When a tuning is called &quot;X tone equal temperament&quot; (abbreviated -tET or -ET), this usually means &quot;X divisions of 2/1, the octave,&quot; but it also implies a mindset of <a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">temperament</a>—that is, of a harmony-centric, JI-approximation-based understanding of the scale.<br /> | ||
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The less loaded term <em>EDO</em>, meaning &quot;equal divisions of the octave,&quot; is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture.<br /> | The less loaded term <em>EDO</em>, meaning &quot;equal divisions of the octave,&quot; is helpful for leaving comparison to JI completely out of the picture. (There are other less standard terms, many in the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx" rel="nofollow">Tonalsoft Encyclopedia</a>.)<br /> | ||
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<strong>As there are infinite intervals, there are infinite equal scales.</strong> Barring technicalities there are large quantities of perceivably different equal scales. Seeing such a diverse menagerie at their disposal, some composers choose to combine multiple equal tunings <a class="wiki_link" href="/ET%20surveys">sequentially</a> or <a class="wiki_link" href="/Polymicrotonality">simultaneously</a>.<br /> | |||
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(wildly popular; <a class="wiki_link" href="/edo">dedicated page</a>)<br /> | |||
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and so on to less popular areas... <a class="wiki_link" href="/76edo">76edo</a><br /> | and so on to less popular areas... <a class="wiki_link" href="/76edo">76edo</a><br /> | ||
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12<br /> | 12<br /> | ||
<a class="wiki_link" href="/BohlenPierce">13 (Bohlen-Pierce)</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link" href="/BohlenPierce">13 (Bohlen-Pierce)</a><br /> | ||
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<a class="wiki_link" href="/88cET">8 (88-cET)</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link" href="/88cET">8 (88-cET)</a><br /> | ||
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25 (Stockhausen, McLaren)<br /> | 25 (Stockhausen, McLaren)<br /> | ||
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88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma | 88-cET, Alpha, Beta, Gamma</body></html></pre></div> | ||