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* '''There's so much to read. Where do I start?''' | * '''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. | ** 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. | |||
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* '''[[Temperament naming|I discovered a new temperament, how should I name it?]]''' | * '''[[Temperament naming|I discovered a new temperament, how should I name it?]]''' | ||
* '''What does “golden” mean in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?''' | |||
** [[Rank-2 temperament]]s (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate [[MOS scale]]s with two step sizes, large and small. | |||
** Depending on what [[generator]] you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament. | |||
** If the ratio between the step sizes is the [[golden ratio]], then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar. | |||
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Revision as of 21:25, 16 November 2024
Whether they are 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.
- Why microtonality? (And why does anyone care about microtonal music?)
- What are this wiki's strengths and weaknesses? (How does it compare to other resources?)
- What does “golden” mean in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?
- Rank-2 temperaments (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate MOS scales with two step sizes, large and small.
- Depending on what generator you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament.
- If the ratio between the step sizes is the golden ratio, then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar.
Unanswered questions
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Todo: answer questions |
- How do I actually use a rank-3 temperament? (Please make a step-by-step guide of how to go from the 3 generators at the start, to a Scala file that works with Scale Workshop at the end? Every step of the way, explain like I’m five?)
in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Rank-3 temperament
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?)
(You are encouraged to add more questions here)