Kite's color notation: Difference between revisions

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* Most importantly, one can name not only notes but also intervals. As a result, color notation can name scales, chords, chord progressions and even prime subgroups and temperaments.

'''Colorspeak''' is the term for ~~the~~ spoken ~~names of~~ color-notation ~~accidentals and intervals~~. ~~These are~~ designed to be easily ~~spoken~~ no matter what one's native language is; almost every element in colorspeak is one syllable ending with a vowel. The five basic vowels are pronounced ah-eh-ee-oh-oo (/a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /o/, and /u/) as in Spanish or Italian.

'''Colorspeak''' is the term for spoken color notation. It's designed to be easily pronounced no matter what one's native language is and also to be very concise; almost every element of colorspeak is one syllable ending with a vowel. The five basic vowels are pronounced ah-eh-ee-oh-oo (/a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /o/, and /u/) as in Spanish or Italian.

== Color names for primes 3, 5, and 7 ==

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=== Po and qu ===

'''Po''' and '''qu''' ("coo") (short forms '''p''' and '''q''') are two optional accidentals that indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (Mnemonics: p stands for pythagorean, and q is the mirror image of p.) Why would one want to do that? Because by first subtracting that comma and then adding it on again, one can rename a note as another note. This is similar to [[Sagittal notation | Sagittal]] notation (see [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png]).

'''Po''' and '''qu''' ("coo") (short forms '''p''' and '''q''') are two optional accidentals that indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (Mnemonics: p stands for pythagorean, and q is the mirror image of p.) Why would one want to do that? Because by first subtracting that comma and then adding it on again, one can rename a note as another note. This is similar to [[Sagittal notation |Sagittal]] notation (see [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png]).

For example, F# minus a pythagorean comma is Gb. And Gb plus a pythagorean comma is po Gb. Thus an alternate name for F# is po Gb. <u>Adding po raises the degree by one</u>. The new note name is always a 12edo equivalent of the old note name. Adding qu lowers the degree: {{nowrap|Gb {{=}} qu F#}}. If one is resolving from Gb to G, one can rename Gb as qF#.

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 * Most importantly, one can name not only notes but also intervals. As a result, color notation can name scales, chords, chord progressions and even prime subgroups and temperaments.
-'''Colorspeak''' is the term for the spoken names of color-notation accidentals and intervals. These are designed to be easily spoken no matter what one's native language is; almost every element in colorspeak is one syllable ending with a vowel. The five basic vowels are pronounced ah-eh-ee-oh-oo (/a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /o/, and /u/) as in Spanish or Italian.
+'''Colorspeak''' is the term for spoken color notation. It's designed to be easily pronounced no matter what one's native language is and also to be very concise; almost every element of colorspeak is one syllable ending with a vowel. The five basic vowels are pronounced ah-eh-ee-oh-oo (/a/, /ɛ/, /i/, /o/, and /u/) as in Spanish or Italian.
 == Color names for primes 3, 5, and 7 ==
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 === Po and qu ===
-'''Po''' and '''qu''' ("coo") (short forms '''p''' and '''q''') are two optional accidentals that indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (Mnemonics: p stands for pythagorean, and q is the mirror image of p.) Why would one want to do that? Because by first subtracting that comma and then adding it on again, one can rename a note as another note. This is similar to [[Sagittal notation | Sagittal]] notation (see [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png]).
+'''Po''' and '''qu''' ("coo") (short forms '''p''' and '''q''') are two optional accidentals that indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (Mnemonics: p stands for pythagorean, and q is the mirror image of p.) Why would one want to do that? Because by first subtracting that comma and then adding it on again, one can rename a note as another note. This is similar to [[Sagittal notation |Sagittal]] notation (see [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png]).
 For example, F# minus a pythagorean comma is Gb. And Gb plus a pythagorean comma is po Gb. Thus an alternate name for F# is po Gb. <u>Adding po raises the degree by one</u>. The new note name is always a 12edo equivalent of the old note name. Adding qu lowers the degree: {{nowrap|Gb {{=}} qu F#}}. If one is resolving from Gb to G, one can rename Gb as qF#.