Kite's color notation: Difference between revisions

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Color notation can optionally be made more similar to Sagittal notation by including two more accidentals, '''p''' and '''q''' (long forms '''po''' and '''qu''' = "ku"), to indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (See [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png].) For example, yF# = ypGb, and zEb = zqD#. This allows trills to always be written as a 2nd, less cluttered.[[File:Notation example 5a.png|992x992px]]

L and s never appear on the staff. Tripled colors are written as y3 not yyy. In MuseScore, color accidentals are made by adding fingerings to the notes, then editing the fingering text. The font used here is Arial Black.

L and s never appear on the staff. Tripled colors are written as y3 not yyy. In MuseScore, color accidentals are made by adding fingerings to the notes, then editing the fingering text. The font used here is Arial Black.

== Chord names ==

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The temperament name indicates the prime subgroup and the rank of the temperament. For example, ryyT ([[Marvel]]) is rank-3 because it has 2 explicit colors ru and yo and 2 implicit colors wa and clear, and 4 colors minus 1 comma = rank-3. Edos count as commas, but plusses don't. Both 12edo&ryyT and 5edo+yT are rank-2.

There are two obvious ways to name multi-comma temperaments. The odd name minimizes the [[Odd limit|double odd limit]] of the comma set, and the prime name minimizes the number and size of the primes used by each comma. The odd name for 7-limit [[Pajara]] is rryy&rT, and the prime name is sgg&rT. Often the two names are identical, e.g. y3&rT. The odd name is often shorter, and usually indicates commas more likely to be pumped. The prime name shows relationships between ~~single-comma~~ rank-2 temperaments better. The question of which name to use is not yet fully resolved.

There are two obvious ways to name multi-comma temperaments. The odd name minimizes the [[Odd limit|double odd limit]] of the comma set, and the prime name minimizes the number and size of the primes used by each comma. The odd name for 7-limit [[Pajara]] is rryy&rT, and the prime name is sgg&rT. Often the two names are identical, e.g. y3&rT. The odd name is often shorter, and usually indicates commas more likely to be pumped. The prime name shows relationships between bicolored rank-2 temperaments better. The question of which name to use is not yet fully resolved.

== Ups and Downs, Lifts and Drops, Plain and Mid ==

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Rank-2 temperaments can be notated with ups and downs as well. Plain and mid are also used in this context. Some temperaments require an additional pair of virtual colors, '''lifts''' and '''drops''' (/ and \). Notes are named lift C = /C, downdrop F sharp = v\F#, etc. Intervals are named drop 4th = \4, uplift major 3rd = ^/M3, etc. Plain means neither up nor down nor lifted nor dropped. There may be upmid or liftmid intervals. Chords are named C-up lift-seven = C^,/7 = C ^E G /Bb, C uplift-seven = C^/7 = C ^/E G ^/Bb, etc. See [[Pergen|pergens]].

==Translations==

:''For translations of color notation terms into other languages, see [[Color notation/Translations]].'' [[Category:color_notation]] [[Category:ji]] [[Category:notation]]

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 Color notation can optionally be made more similar to Sagittal notation by including two more accidentals, '''p''' and '''q''' (long forms '''po''' and '''qu''' = "ku"), to indicate raising/lowering by a pythagorean comma. (See [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png Sagittal-JI-Translated-To-Colors.png].) For example, yF# = ypGb, and zEb = zqD#. This allows trills to always be written as a 2nd, less cluttered.[[File:Notation example 5a.png|992x992px]]
-L and s never appear on the staff. Tripled colors are written as y3 not yyy. In MuseScore, color accidentals are made by adding fingerings to the notes, then editing the fingering text. The font used here is Arial Black.
+L and s never appear on the staff. Tripled colors are written as y<sup>3</sup> not yyy. In MuseScore, color accidentals are made by adding fingerings to the notes, then editing the fingering text. The font used here is Arial Black.
 == Chord names ==
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 The temperament name indicates the prime subgroup and the rank of the temperament. For example, ryyT ([[Marvel]]) is rank-3 because it has 2 explicit colors ru and yo and 2 implicit colors wa and clear, and 4 colors minus 1 comma = rank-3. Edos count as commas, but plusses don't. Both 12edo&ryyT and 5edo+yT are rank-2.
-There are two obvious ways to name multi-comma temperaments. The odd name minimizes the [[Odd limit|double odd limit]] of the comma set, and the prime name minimizes the number and size of the primes used by each comma. The odd name for 7-limit [[Pajara]] is rryy&rT, and the prime name is sgg&rT. Often the two names are identical, e.g. y<sup>3</sup>&rT. The odd name is often shorter, and usually indicates commas more likely to be pumped. The prime name shows relationships between single-comma rank-2 temperaments better. The question of which name to use is not yet fully resolved.
+There are two obvious ways to name multi-comma temperaments. The odd name minimizes the [[Odd limit|double odd limit]] of the comma set, and the prime name minimizes the number and size of the primes used by each comma. The odd name for 7-limit [[Pajara]] is rryy&rT, and the prime name is sgg&rT. Often the two names are identical, e.g. y<sup>3</sup>&rT. The odd name is often shorter, and usually indicates commas more likely to be pumped. The prime name shows relationships between bicolored rank-2 temperaments better. The question of which name to use is not yet fully resolved.
 == Ups and Downs, Lifts and Drops, Plain and Mid ==
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 Rank-2 temperaments can be notated with ups and downs as well. Plain and mid are also used in this context. Some temperaments require an additional pair of virtual colors, '''lifts''' and '''drops''' (/ and \). Notes are named lift C = /C, downdrop F sharp = v\F#, etc. Intervals are named drop 4th = \4, uplift major 3rd = ^/M3, etc. Plain means neither up nor down nor lifted nor dropped. There may be upmid or liftmid intervals. Chords are named C-up lift-seven = C^,/7 = C ^E G /Bb, C uplift-seven = C^/7 = C ^/E G ^/Bb, etc. See [[Pergen|pergens]].
 ==Translations==
-:''For translations of color notation terms into other languages, see [[Color notation/Translations]].''    [[Category:color_notation]]    [[Category:ji]]    [[Category:notation]]
+:''For translations of color notation terms into other languages, see [[Color notation/Translations]].''     [[Category:color_notation]]     [[Category:ji]]     [[Category:notation]]