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== Core concepts == | == Core concepts == | ||
* [[Just intonation]] | * [[Just intonation]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Harmonic series]] | ||
** [[ | ** [[Chord of nature]] | ||
* [[Equal division of the octave]] | |||
** [[Equal-step tuning]] | ** [[Equal-step tuning]] ([[edt]], [[edf]], …) | ||
** [[Well temperament]] | |||
* [[Regular temperaments]] | * [[Regular temperaments]] | ||
** [[Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic]] | ** [[Diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic, subchromatic]] | ||
* [[MOS scale]] | |||
** [[Periods and generators]] | |||
* [[Hexany]] | * [[Hexany]] | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 30 June 2025
Here are some links to some of the key ideas underlying tuning:
Basics
- Start here: Xen concepts for beginners
- Interval
- Ratio
- Cent
- Chords
- Scales
- Modes
- Musical notation
- Terminology
Core concepts
Online tools
- Scale Workshop – scale-creation site by Lumi Pakkanen. Allows playing via QWERTY computer keyboard. Can also export .scl and .kbm files.
- Xenpaper – text-based microtonal sequencer, like a notepad. Write down musical ideas and share the link around.
- xen-calc – interval calculator that translates to/from ratios, cents, FJS and color notation, much more too.
Common scales
- Category: 5-tone scales
- Category: 6-tone scales
- Category: 7-tone scales
- Category: 8-tone scales
- Category: 9-tone scales
- Category: 10-tone scales
- Category: 11-tone scales
- Category: 12-tone scales
Regular temperament theory (RTT)
- Monzo
- Val
- Mapping
- Patent val
- Tempering out
- Rank and codimension
- Keenan's explanation of vals
- Comma pump
- Comma basis
- Saturation, torsion, and contorsion
- Essentially tempered chords
- Essential tempering commas
- Graham complexity