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==music theory that does not have a name yet== | ==music theory that does not have a name yet== | ||
A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing. | |||
A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators | So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by [https://youtu.be/cMnuMjXeHrY Caftaphata]. | ||
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===Terms=== | |||
First, some terms. Most of these are widely-used but I might be using them slightly differently here. | |||
- Harmonic series | |||
The set of pitches with frequencies that are integer multiples of the fundamental, including the fundamental itself. This is called the harmonic series of that fundamental. | |||
Revision as of 22:51, 2 June 2025
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music theory that does not have a name yet
A number of things bother me about the way tuning is done on this wiki and in general, in particular octave/tritave equivalence, generators, and the excessive use of hard-to-understand vocabulary and math which often isn't even all that relevant or helpful. The last one should not be a surprise; the first two might be. I find generators extremely unintuitive, and while they may be useful for things, that does not mean I have to like them. I also dislike the concept of equivalence in general. I think *every* pitch should be considered its own thing.
So I decided to formalize the ideas that I have been exploring into a music theory, inspired by Caftaphata.
Terms
First, some terms. Most of these are widely-used but I might be using them slightly differently here.
- Harmonic series The set of pitches with frequencies that are integer multiples of the fundamental, including the fundamental itself. This is called the harmonic series of that fundamental.