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* [[Equal Temperaments|Equal]] tunings: each one a subtle monoculture of intervals | * [[Equal Temperaments|Equal]] tunings: each one a subtle monoculture of intervals | ||
* In Western common practice music, the (somewhat forgotten) use of [[historical temperaments]] (meantones, well temperaments) with 12 or more unequal notes per octave | * In Western common practice music, the (somewhat forgotten) use of [[historical temperaments]] (meantones, well temperaments) with 12 or more unequal notes per octave | ||
* Musics of traditional cultures | * Musics of traditional cultures | ||
** [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] | ** [[Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] | ||
** [[Indian]] (North, South) | ** [[Indian]] (North, South) | ||
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* [[Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another | * [[Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another | ||
* [[Notation]] (pretty pictures for a the purpose of writing music down) | * [[Notation]] (pretty pictures for a the purpose of writing music down) | ||
* the notion of a [[Scalesmith]] who //builds// scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions | * the notion of a [[Scalesmith]] who //builds// scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions | ||
** Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales | ** Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales | ||
** Numerology-based, computationally demanding scales | ** Numerology-based, computationally demanding scales | ||
** Scale stretching | ** Scale stretching | ||
* ([[Corollaries]], traces left by other reality tunnels, which by themselves are completely trivial and obvious) | * ([[Corollaries]], traces left by other reality tunnels, which by themselves are completely trivial and obvious) | ||
* [[Redundancy]] in a tuning system | |||
=External links= | =External links= | ||
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<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/JustIntonation">Just Intonation</a>: an infinite world of rational numbers and numerous models: the harmonic series, tonality diamonds, eikosany, etc.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Equal%20Temperaments">Equal</a> tunings: each one a subtle monoculture of intervals</li><li>In Western common practice music, the (somewhat forgotten) use of <a class="wiki_link" href="/historical%20temperaments">historical temperaments</a> (meantones, well temperaments) with 12 or more unequal notes per octave</li><li>Musics of traditional cultures<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">Arabic, Turkish, Persian</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Indian">Indian</a> (North, South)</li><li>African</li><li>Thai</li><li>Indonesian (Java, Bali)</li><li>Ancient Greek, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://orthodoxwiki.org/Byzantine_Chant#The_scale" rel="nofollow">Byzantine</a></li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">Regular Temperaments</a> (including Linear Temperaments): a reality bending just intonation and equal temperaments towards one another, fleshed out in the past decade or so</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales">Moment of Symmetry</a>, brought to you by Erv Wilson</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Empirical">Empirical</a>. This is a form of hands-on, field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/tetrachord">Tetrachordal Scales</a>, which use divided fourths as building blocks for composition.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Pretty%20Pictures">Pretty Pictures</a> that represent scales in one way or another</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Notation">Notation</a> (pretty pictures for a the purpose of writing music down)</li><li>the notion of a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Scalesmith">Scalesmith</a> who <em>builds</em> scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions<ul><li>Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales</li><li>Numerology-based, computationally demanding scales</li><li>Scale stretching</li></ul></li><li>(<a class="wiki_link" href="/Corollaries">Corollaries</a>, traces left by other reality tunnels, which by themselves are completely trivial and obvious)</li></ul><br /> | <ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/JustIntonation">Just Intonation</a>: an infinite world of rational numbers and numerous models: the harmonic series, tonality diamonds, eikosany, etc.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Equal%20Temperaments">Equal</a> tunings: each one a subtle monoculture of intervals</li><li>In Western common practice music, the (somewhat forgotten) use of <a class="wiki_link" href="/historical%20temperaments">historical temperaments</a> (meantones, well temperaments) with 12 or more unequal notes per octave</li><li>Musics of traditional cultures<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian">Arabic, Turkish, Persian</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Indian">Indian</a> (North, South)</li><li>African</li><li>Thai</li><li>Indonesian (Java, Bali)</li><li>Ancient Greek, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://orthodoxwiki.org/Byzantine_Chant#The_scale" rel="nofollow">Byzantine</a></li></ul></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Regular%20Temperaments">Regular Temperaments</a> (including Linear Temperaments): a reality bending just intonation and equal temperaments towards one another, fleshed out in the past decade or so</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/MOSScales">Moment of Symmetry</a>, brought to you by Erv Wilson</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Empirical">Empirical</a>. This is a form of hands-on, field research as opposed to a form of acoustical or scale engineering where tunings are specifically derived from listening and playing experiments carried out in the pitch continuum.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/tetrachord">Tetrachordal Scales</a>, which use divided fourths as building blocks for composition.</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Pretty%20Pictures">Pretty Pictures</a> that represent scales in one way or another</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Notation">Notation</a> (pretty pictures for a the purpose of writing music down)</li><li>the notion of a <a class="wiki_link" href="/Scalesmith">Scalesmith</a> who <em>builds</em> scales, with various methods, perhaps for single occasions<ul><li>Counter-intuitive, random, arbitrary scales</li><li>Numerology-based, computationally demanding scales</li><li>Scale stretching</li></ul></li><li>(<a class="wiki_link" href="/Corollaries">Corollaries</a>, traces left by other reality tunnels, which by themselves are completely trivial and obvious)</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Redundancy">Redundancy</a> in a tuning system</li></ul><br /> | ||
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<ul><li>Tonalsoft <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx" rel="nofollow">Encyclopedia of microtonal music theory</a> - a whole sea of information on the topic, covering both historical tuning theories and modern developments</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://microtonalismo.com" rel="nofollow">Microtonalismo</a> - Web microtonal</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bikexprt.com/music/tunebibl.htm" rel="nofollow">A bibliography on musical tunings and temperaments</a>, compiled by John S. Allen</li><li>Huygens-Fokker Foundation's <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ehuygensf/doc/bib.html" rel="nofollow">Tuning &amp; temperament bibliography</a>, hyperlinked and updated by Manuel op de Coul</li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | <ul><li>Tonalsoft <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx" rel="nofollow">Encyclopedia of microtonal music theory</a> - a whole sea of information on the topic, covering both historical tuning theories and modern developments</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://microtonalismo.com" rel="nofollow">Microtonalismo</a> - Web microtonal</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bikexprt.com/music/tunebibl.htm" rel="nofollow">A bibliography on musical tunings and temperaments</a>, compiled by John S. Allen</li><li>Huygens-Fokker Foundation's <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ehuygensf/doc/bib.html" rel="nofollow">Tuning &amp; temperament bibliography</a>, hyperlinked and updated by Manuel op de Coul</li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | ||