Frequently asked questions

Whether they're frequent or one-of-a-kind, all questions are welcome here. When listing questions, list broad, general questions higher and niche, more specific questions lower. Answer each question on a separate page, linked to by the question.

Answered questions

• There’s so much to read. Where do I start?

The page Xen concepts for beginners is the best place to start. After that, check out General Theory for a list of foundational pages about musical tuning.

• Where can I find a glossary of musical tuning terms and jargon?

• What is microtonal music?

• Why microtonality? (And why does anyone care about microtonal music?)

• What are some different kinds of tuning systems that exist?

• What are this wiki’s strengths and weaknesses? (How does it compare to other resources?)

• How do I decode those strange looking comma names?

• I discovered a new temperament, how should I name it?

Unanswered questions

Todo: answer questions

• What is Xen Wiki’s copyright/intellectual property policy?

in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Xenharmonic Wiki:License

• Who is who in microtonality?

in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Category:People

• Why do microtonal musicians argue so much? (And do they argue more than people in other fields of research?)

• What is all this new terminology good for anyway?

• Are all the temperaments with ‘weather names’ connected? Like, breeze, cloudy, misty, rainy, etc. Are they related somehow?

(You are encouraged to add more questions here)