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== Basics ==

Sagittal is basically a way to notate ANY tuning practically with regular old notation you learned since Miss Betty Jo sat you down to read your first music in piano lessons when you were ~~little…~~

Sagittal is basically a way to notate ANY tuning practically with regular old notation you learned since Miss Betty Jo sat you down to read your first music in piano lessons when you were little.

~~Well sagittal~~ is a sort of extension of regular notation ~~except~~ it's designed so that it can accommodate ~~any tuning, well~~ almost any tuning, ~~but~~ most practical tunings can be notated in it. “How does it do this?”, you may ask. Well, first of all, in sagittal, the normal lines and spaces that have no accidental signs (naturals) change depending on the tuning we are in. You see, normal notation works by a chain of seven fifths producing the scale natural notes or white keys on the piano: C D E F G A B C. This works well because of technical reasons that are beyond the scope of this ~~article, so you~~ can read about ~~that elsewhere~~. The point is, the chain of fifths is important. Chains of fifths make logical sense when building a notation system, and sagittal always corresponds the natural notes on the staff with the closest possible equivalent to a chain of fifths in the tuning.

Sagittal is a sort of extension of regular notation, but it's designed so that it can accommodate almost any tuning (at least, most practical tunings can be notated in it). “How does it do this?”, you may ask. Well, first of all, in sagittal, the normal lines and spaces that have no accidental signs (naturals) change depending on the tuning we are in. You see, normal notation works by a chain of seven fifths producing the scale natural notes or white keys on the piano: C D E F G A B C. This works well because of technical and historical reasons that are beyond the scope of this article–you can read about it more on [[Chain of fifths]] and [[5L 2s]]. The point is, the chain of fifths is important. Chains of fifths make logical sense when building a notation system, and sagittal always corresponds the natural notes on the staff with the closest possible equivalent to a chain of fifths in the tuning.

It doesn't matter if the fifth in your tuning totally sucks, it still forms a chain corresponding to the naturals on the staff.

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 == Basics ==
-Sagittal is basically a way to notate ANY tuning practically with regular old notation you learned since Miss Betty Jo sat you down to read your first music in piano lessons when you were little…
+Sagittal is basically a way to notate ANY tuning practically with regular old notation you learned since Miss Betty Jo sat you down to read your first music in piano lessons when you were little.
-Well sagittal is a sort of extension of regular notation except it's designed so that it can accommodate any tuning, well almost any tuning, but most practical tunings can be notated in it. “How does it do this?”, you may ask. Well, first of all, in sagittal, the normal lines and spaces that have no accidental signs (naturals) change depending on the tuning we are in. You see, normal notation works by a chain of seven fifths producing the scale natural notes or white keys on the piano: C D E F G A B C. This works well because of technical reasons that are beyond the scope of this article, so you can read about that elsewhere. The point is, the chain of fifths is important. Chains of fifths make logical sense when building a notation system, and sagittal always corresponds the natural notes on the staff with the closest possible equivalent to a chain of fifths in the tuning.
+Sagittal is a sort of extension of regular notation, but it's designed so that it can accommodate almost any tuning (at least, most practical tunings can be notated in it). “How does it do this?”, you may ask. Well, first of all, in sagittal, the normal lines and spaces that have no accidental signs (naturals) change depending on the tuning we are in. You see, normal notation works by a chain of seven fifths producing the scale natural notes or white keys on the piano: C D E F G A B C. This works well because of technical and historical reasons that are beyond the scope of this article–you can read about it more on [[Chain of fifths]] and [[5L 2s]]. The point is, the chain of fifths is important. Chains of fifths make logical sense when building a notation system, and sagittal always corresponds the natural notes on the staff with the closest possible equivalent to a chain of fifths in the tuning.
 It doesn't matter if the fifth in your tuning totally sucks, it still forms a chain corresponding to the naturals on the staff.