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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 name="meyer1929"/>

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>Forster, Cris (2015). [https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/wp-~~content/uploads~~/~~ThePartchHoaxDoctrines.pdf ''~~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.

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>Forster, Cris (2015). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20221207160002/https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/the-partch-hoax-doctrines/ 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>Wilson, Erv. (1965-1970) [https://anaphoria.com/diamond.pdf ''Letters on Diamond Lattices''] (PDF) Self-published.</ref> as well as other concepts based on Partch's extended tonality diamond such as [[constant structure]].<ref>Wilson, Erv. (1964-2002) [https://www.anaphoria.com/Partchpapers.pdf ''The Partch Papers''] (collection of documents on Harry Partch's 11-limit diamond and its extensions, PDF). Self-published.</ref> A related idea of Wilson's is the [[Cross-set scale|cross-set]], of which the tonality diamond is a special case.

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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 name="meyer1929"/>
-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>Forster, Cris (2015). [https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/ThePartchHoaxDoctrines.pdf ''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.
+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>Forster, Cris (2015). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20221207160002/https://www.chrysalis-foundation.org/the-partch-hoax-doctrines/ 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>Wilson, Erv. (1965-1970) [https://anaphoria.com/diamond.pdf ''Letters on Diamond Lattices''] (PDF) Self-published.</ref> as well as other concepts based on Partch's extended tonality diamond such as [[constant structure]].<ref>Wilson, Erv. (1964-2002) [https://www.anaphoria.com/Partchpapers.pdf ''The Partch Papers''] (collection of documents on Harry Partch's 11-limit diamond and its extensions, PDF). Self-published.</ref> A related idea of Wilson's is the [[Cross-set scale|cross-set]], of which the tonality diamond is a special case.