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The tonality diamond was first formally explained by Max F. Meyer in his 1929 publication ''The Musician's Arithmetic'' using the 7-odd-limit.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/max-f-meyer-the-musicians-arithmetic/page/22/mode/2up Meyer, Max F. "The Musician’s Arithmetic: Drill Problems for an Introduction to the Scientific Study of Musical Composition". ''The University of Missouri Studies''. Vol. 4, no. 1. University of Missouri. January 1, 1929. p. 22.]</ref>   
The tonality diamond was first formally explained by Max F. Meyer in his 1929 publication ''The Musician's Arithmetic'' using the 7-odd-limit.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/max-f-meyer-the-musicians-arithmetic/page/22/mode/2up Meyer, Max F. "The Musician’s Arithmetic: Drill Problems for an Introduction to the Scientific Study of Musical Composition". ''The University of Missouri Studies''. Vol. 4, no. 1. University of Missouri. January 1, 1929. p. 22.]</ref>   


Harry Partch is the person most associated with the tonality diamond, and claimed to have invented it. However, it is likely that he plagarized the idea from Meyer.<ref>[https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/ThePartchHoaxDoctrines.pdf Forster, Cris (2015). ''The Partch Hoax Doctrines''. Self-published.]</ref>  
Harry Partch is the person most associated with the tonality diamond, and claimed to have invented it. However, it is likely that he plagarized the idea from Meyer.<ref>[https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/ThePartchHoaxDoctrines.pdf Forster, Cris (2015). ''The Partch Hoax Doctrines''. Self-published.]</ref> Regardless, his extending of the concept to the 11-odd-limit (as well as his other extensions and uses of it) was an extremely important and foundational moment in the history of xenharmonic music.


[[Erv Wilson]] in particular was inspired by Partch's use of the tonality diamond and it's extended form. He developed a number of "diamonds" himself,<ref>[https://anaphoria.com/diamond.pdf Wilson, Erv. ''Letters on Diamond Lattices, 1965–1970'' (PDF). Self-published.]</ref> as well as other concepts based on Partch's extended tonality diamond such as "[[constant structure]]."<ref>[https://www.anaphoria.com/Partchpapers.pdf Wilson, Erv. ''The Partch Papers (collection of documents on Harry Partch’s 11-limit diamond and its extensions), 1964-2002'' (PDF). Self-published.] </ref>   
[[Erv Wilson]] in particular was inspired by Partch's use of the tonality diamond and it's extended form. He developed a number of "diamonds" himself,<ref>[https://anaphoria.com/diamond.pdf Wilson, Erv. ''Letters on Diamond Lattices, 1965–1970'' (PDF). Self-published.]</ref> as well as other concepts based on Partch's extended tonality diamond such as "[[constant structure]]."<ref>[https://www.anaphoria.com/Partchpapers.pdf Wilson, Erv. ''The Partch Papers (collection of documents on Harry Partch’s 11-limit diamond and its extensions), 1964-2002'' (PDF). Self-published.] </ref>