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=Theory: Inventions that shape understanding= | =Theory: Inventions that shape understanding= | ||
Theories are [[http://grace.evergreen.edu/ | Theories are [[http://grace.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/cybernetics/heinz/disorder.pdf|not discoveries but inventions]] of humans, which often bring forth //new ways of experiencing//. (The music-making itself ('practice'), if at odds with existing theories, may provoke the creation of new theories.) | ||
=Reality tunnels into microtonality= | =Reality tunnels into microtonality= | ||
* [[JustIntonation|Just Intonation]]: an infinite world of rational numbers and numerous models: the harmonic series, tonality diamonds, eikosany, etc. | * [[JustIntonation|Just Intonation]]: an infinite world of rational numbers and numerous models: the harmonic series, tonality diamonds, eikosany, etc. | ||
* [[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) | ||
** Thai | ** Thai | ||
** Indonesian (Java, Bali) | ** Indonesian (Java, Bali) | ||
** Ancient Greek | ** Ancient Greek | ||
* [[Regular Temperaments]] (including Linear Temperaments): a reality bending just intonation and equal temperaments towards one another, fleshed out in the past decade or so | * [[Regular Temperaments]] (including Linear Temperaments): a reality bending just intonation and equal temperaments towards one another, fleshed out in the past decade or so | ||
* [[MOSScales|Moment of Symmetry]], brought to you by Erv Wilson | * [[MOSScales|Moment of Symmetry]], brought to you by Erv Wilson | ||
* [[Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another | * [[Empirical|Empirical]]. 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. | ||
* [[Notation]] (pretty pictures for a the purpose of writing music down) | * [[Pretty Pictures]] that represent scales in one way or another | ||
* [[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) | ||
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=External links= | =External links= | ||
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* Tonalsoft [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx|Encyclopedia of microtonal music theory]] - a whole sea of information on the topic, covering both historical tuning theories and modern developments | * Tonalsoft [[http://www.tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx|Encyclopedia of microtonal music theory]] - a whole sea of information on the topic, covering both historical tuning theories and modern developments | ||
* [[http://www.bikexprt.com/music/tunebibl.htm| A bibliography on musical tunings and temperaments]], compiled by John S. Allen | * [[http://www.bikexprt.com/music/tunebibl.htm|A bibliography on musical tunings and temperaments]], compiled by John S. Allen | ||
* Huygens-Fokker Foundation's [[http://www.xs4all.nl/ | * Huygens-Fokker Foundation's [[http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/doc/bib.html|Tuning & temperament bibliography]], hyperlinked and updated by Manuel op de Coul</pre></div> | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>MicrotonalTheory</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:8:&lt;img id=&quot;wikitext@@toc@@flat&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaTocFlat&quot; title=&quot;Table of Contents&quot; src=&quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/flat?w=100&amp;h=16&quot;/&gt; --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:8 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:9: --><a href="#Theory: Inventions that shape understanding">Theory: Inventions that shape understanding</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:9 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:10: --> | <a href="#Reality tunnels into microtonality">Reality tunnels into microtonality</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:10 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:11: --> | <a href="#External links">External links</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:11 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:12: --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:12 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:13: --> | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>MicrotonalTheory</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:8:&lt;img id=&quot;wikitext@@toc@@flat&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaTocFlat&quot; title=&quot;Table of Contents&quot; src=&quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/flat?w=100&amp;h=16&quot;/&gt; --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:8 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:9: --><a href="#Theory: Inventions that shape understanding">Theory: Inventions that shape understanding</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:9 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:10: --> | <a href="#Reality tunnels into microtonality">Reality tunnels into microtonality</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:10 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:11: --> | <a href="#External links">External links</a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:11 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:12: --><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:12 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:13: --> | ||
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Theories are <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://grace.evergreen.edu/ | Theories are <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://grace.evergreen.edu/~arunc/texts/cybernetics/heinz/disorder.pdf" rel="nofollow">not discoveries but inventions</a> of humans, which often bring forth <em>new ways of experiencing</em>. (The music-making itself ('practice'), if at odds with existing theories, may provoke the creation of new theories.)<br /> | ||
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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>Thai</li><li>Indonesian (Java, Bali)</li><li>Ancient Greek</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="/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>Thai</li><li>Indonesian (Java, Bali)</li><li>Ancient Greek</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="/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 /> | ||
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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://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/ | <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://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/~huygensf/doc/bib.html" rel="nofollow">Tuning &amp; temperament bibliography</a>, hyperlinked and updated by Manuel op de Coul</li></ul></body></html></pre></div> | ||