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'''Ervin Wilson''' (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical [[notation]]. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional [[interval]]s of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on [[Indian]] music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by [[Joseph Yasser]], Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of [[17edo|17]], [[19edo|19]], [[22edo|22]], and [[31edo|31]] tones that were especially pleasing. He has been mentor to many composers and instrument builders. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".

'''Ervin Wilson''' (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was a Mexican theorist, [[scalesmith]] and composer. He cited [[Augusto Novaro]] and [[Joseph Yasser]] as influences. Wilson’s own ideas went on to influence almost every xenharmonic composer and theorist who came after him. Large swathes of modern xenharmonic music and theory makes use of [[MOS scale]]s or [[constant structure]]s. MOS scales are the predominant way of approaching [[equal-step tuning|equal-tempered]] tunings.

Erv Wilson was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical [[notation]]. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional [[interval]]s of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on [[Indian]] music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by [[Joseph Yasser]], Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of [[17edo|17]], [[19edo|19]], [[22edo|22]], and [[31edo|31]] tones that were especially pleasing.

Wilson has been mentor to many composers and [[:Category:Instrument makers|instrument builders]]. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".

== Inventions ==

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-'''Ervin Wilson''' (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical [[notation]]. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional [[interval]]s of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on [[Indian]] music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by [[Joseph Yasser]], Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of [[17edo|17]], [[19edo|19]], [[22edo|22]], and [[31edo|31]] tones that were especially pleasing. He has been mentor to many composers and instrument builders. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".
+'''Ervin Wilson''' (June 11, 1928 – December 8, 2016) was a Mexican theorist, [[scalesmith]] and composer. He cited [[Augusto Novaro]] and [[Joseph Yasser]] as influences. Wilson’s own ideas went on to influence almost every xenharmonic composer and theorist who came after him. Large swathes of modern xenharmonic music and theory makes use of [[MOS scale]]s or [[constant structure]]s. MOS scales are the predominant way of approaching [[equal-step tuning|equal-tempered]] tunings.
+Erv Wilson was born in a remote area of northwest Chihuahua, Mexico, where he lived until the age of fifteen. His mother taught him to play the reed organ and to read musical [[notation]]. He began to compose at an early age, but immediately discovered that some of the sounds he was hearing mentally could not be reproduced by the conventional [[interval]]s of the organ. As a teenager he began to read books on [[Indian]] music, developing an interest in concepts of raga. While in the Air Force in Japan, a chance meeting with a stranger introduced him to musical harmonics, which changed the course of his life and work. Further influenced by [[Joseph Yasser]], Wilson began to think of the musical scale as a living process, like a crystal or plant. He rediscovered base-2 logarithms and began to systematically explore equal divisions of the octave, coming up with scales of [[17edo|17]], [[19edo|19]], [[22edo|22]], and [[31edo|31]] tones that were especially pleasing.
+Wilson has been mentor to many composers and [[:Category:Instrument makers|instrument builders]]. The goal of his research was to make exotic scales musically accessible to the composer and listener. "I sculpt in the architecture of the scale. Other people come along and animate it".
 == Inventions ==