Primer for 19edo: Difference between revisions

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== Background ==

19edo can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience. Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used).

[[19edo]] can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience. Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used).

== Notation ==

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The two examples above could not be spelled out in 12edo with distinct notes as they can in 19edo.

== Chords ==

Just like how the most basic scales can be easily ported from 12edo into 19edo without too much thought about notation, the same applies for chords.

C major chord is spelled C E G (letters) or 1 3 5 (degrees), in either 12edo or 19edo. C minor chord is spelled C Eb G or 1 b3 5. But again, some new chords are possible in 19edo that would be problematic in 12edo, because 19edo has some new intervals.

The strongest example of this is the third. In 12edo, there are major thirds and minor thirds. A diminished third sounds exactly the same as a suspended second in 12edo, so that sort of chord is never going to define its own sound. But in 19edo, you can play a diminished third chord 1 bb3 5. You can also use augmented thirds in 19edo.

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 == Background ==
-edo can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience.  Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used).
+[[19edo]] can be an easy tuning for those with a little music theory background, but no xenharmonic experience.  Standard notation can be used (just be vigilant with spelling and watch enharmonic equivalents), and there are only 7 more notes than 12edo (making it the edo with the fewest notes more than 12 where standard notation can be used).
 == Notation ==
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 The two examples above could not be spelled out in 12edo with distinct notes as they can in 19edo.
+== Chords ==
+Just like how the most basic scales can be easily ported from 12edo into 19edo without too much thought about notation, the same applies for chords.
+C major chord is spelled C E G (letters) or 1 3 5 (degrees), in either 12edo or 19edo.  C minor chord is spelled C Eb G or 1 b3 5.  But again, some new chords are possible in 19edo that would be problematic in 12edo, because 19edo has some new intervals.
+The strongest example of this is the third.  In 12edo, there are major thirds and minor thirds.  A diminished third sounds exactly the same as a suspended second in 12edo, so that sort of chord is never going to define its own sound.  But in 19edo, you can play a diminished third chord 1 bb3 5.  You can also use augmented thirds in 19edo.