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== Notations that have been or could be used for composing/performing xenharmonic music ==
== Types of notation ==
This is a list of some of the notations that have been used or proposed for composing/performing [[xenharmonic]] music.


=== General systems ===
=== Intended for any tuning ===
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Sagittal notation]]
* [[Global notation]]
* [[Tablets]]
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
* [[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)
* [[Tablets]]
* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
* [[Global notation]]


=== ETs / EDOs ===
=== Intended for just intonation ===
* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (and neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]] (for all of JI)
* [[Ups and downs notation]] (and neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]] (for all of JI)
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian|Arabic, Iranian & Turkish]] music)
 
=== Intended for MOS scales and any temperaments containing then ===
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other tunings including a [[superdiatonic]] scale (LLLsLLLLs)
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
 
=== Intended for both equal and unequal temperaments ===
* [[Circle-of-fifths notation]] (& neutral circle-of-fifths notation)
* [[Ups and downs notation]] (& neutral ups and downs notation ([[Alternative Symbols for Ups and Downs Notation|with an alternative symbol set]]))
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Syntonic-rastmic subchroma notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Fractional sharp notation]]
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[Porcupine notation]]
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]
=== Intended for equal temperaments ===
==== Multiple temperaments ====
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
* [[Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]]
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]
* [[Armodue theory]] for [[16edo]] and other edos that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).
* [[Heptatonic Notation|Heptatonic notation]]
* [http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt]] and other [[EDT]]s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)
* [[Erv Wilson's Linear Notations]]


==== Single ET / EDO ====
==== One specific temperament ====
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* [http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System]{{Dead link}} (adding the 'H' note)  
* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* David S. Goldsmith's notation for [[16edo #Hexadecaphonic Notation|16edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 16edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 17edo notation]]
* [[Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]] (when applied to [[19edo]])
* [[MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 26edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 29edo notation]]
* [[Tartini/Couper]] for [[31edo]]
* [[Tartini/Couper]] for [[31edo]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 57edo notation]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[72edo]]
* [[Wikipedia: 72 equal temperament #Notation|Maneri-Sims notation]] for [[72edo]]
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] color notation for [[72edo]]
* [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for 72edo
* [[Wyschnegradsky]] color notation for 72edo
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]
* [https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo]]


=== JI ===
=== Eclectic selection of scales, defying the above boundaries ===
* The [[Functional Just System|Functional Just System (FJS)]], for unambiguously, intuitively and succinctly writing all of JI.
* [[Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido 13#Notation|index notation]]
* [[Ben Johnston's notation]]
** [[Johnston-Copper notation]]
* The [[Helmholtz-Ellis notation|Extended Helmholtz-Ellis JI Pitch Notation (HEJI)]]
** [[Richie's HEJI extensions]]
* [[Tuning systems for qanun #Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)
* [[Color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])
* [[Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David Ryan]]. Compact notation for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.
 
=== Mosses / regular temperaments ===
* [[Porcupine notation]]
* [[Pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]
* [[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including {{EDOs| 5, 7, 12, 19, 24, 26, 31, 36, 38, 43, 45, 50, 55, 57, 62, 67, 69, 74, 76, 81, 86, 88, 93, 98, 100, 105, 117, 129}})
* [[KISS notation]]
* [[Diamond-mos notation]]
* [[Arcturus hendecatonic notation]]
 
=== N-tone scales ===
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 8-tone notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation]]
* [[MisterShafXen’s 9-tone tuning notation]]


== Microtonal scores ==
== Microtonal scores ==
See dedicated [[Scores]] page.
See the dedicated [[Scores]] page.


== Microtonal fonts ==
== Microtonal fonts ==
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== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
== Notation program/editors for microtonal music ==
Please see the list at page [[Software #Notation software]]
See the dedicated list at the page: [[Software #Notation software]].


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[Subset notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|Brian McLaren post on notation]]
* [[mclaren-notation|''Notation'' (McLaren)]] - [[Brian McLaren]]’s post on notation
* [[User:Xenllium/Xenllium's microtonal notation]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
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