Musical notation: Difference between revisions

==Notations that have been or could be used for composing/performing xenharmonic music==

===General systems===

<ul><li>[[Sagittal_notation|Sagittal notation]]</li><li>[[Scordatura-tablature|Scordatura/tablature]] notation (various schemes)

</li><li>[[Tablets|Tablets]]</li><li>[[Modal systematization of soid-family scales]]

===ETs / EDOs===

<ul><li>[http://tallkite.com/misc_files/notation%20guide%20for%20edos%205-72.pdf Ups and Downs Notation]</li><li>[[Easley_Blackwood|Easley Blackwood]]'s symbols for ETs 13-24

</li><li>[https://en.xen.wiki/w/Mason_Green%27s_New_Common_Practice_Notation Mason Green's New Common Practice Notation]

</li><li>Tartini/Couper for [[31edo|31-EDO]]</li><li>[[Julian_Carrillo|Julian Carrillo]]'s [[wikipedia:Sonido_13#Notation|index notation]]</li><li>[[Armodue_theory|Armodue theory]] for [[16edo|16-EDO]] and other EDOs that deals with the superdiatonic scale (LLLsLLLLs) (notation of numbers [from 1 ~ 9] and accidental symbols).</li><li>[http://www.inteas.com/Penta01.htm The Pentadecaphonic System] (adding the 'H' note) '''[dead link]'''</li><li>David S. Goldsmith's notation for [https://en.xen.wiki/w/16edo#Hexadecaphonic_Notation 16-EDO]</li><li>[https://musictheory.zentral.zone/huntsystem1.html H-System] for [[205edo|205-EDO]]</li><li>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72_equal_temperament#Notation Maneri-Sims], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/em-n.htm Richter Herf / Maedel] for [[wikipedia:72_equal_temperament#Notation|72-EDO]]</li><li>Wyschnegradsky color notation for [[72edo|72-EDO]]</li><li>[[Heptatonic_Notation|Heptatonic notation]]</li><li>[http://ziaspace.com/_academic/BP/ Bohlen-Pierce] theory for [[13edt|13-EDT]] and other [[Edt|EDT]]<nowiki/>s that deals with the nonatonic scale (LsLsLsLss) (adding "H" and "J" notes)  

===JI===

<ul><li>The [[Functional Just System|FJS (Functional Just System)]], for unambiguously, intuitively and succinctly writing all of JI.</li><li>[[Ben_Johnston's_notation|Ben Johnston's notation]]

</li><li>[[Helmholtz-Ellis_notation|Helmholtz-Ellis notation]]</li><li>[[tuning_systems_for_qanun#Notation|Julien Jalaleddine Weiss]] (for [[Arabic,_Turkish,_Persian|Arabic, Turkish, Persian]] music)</li><li>[[Kite's_color_notation|Kite's color notation]] (used in [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner])</li><li>[[Rational_Comma_Notation_(RCN)|Rational Comma Notation (RCN)]] by [[David_Ryan|David Ryan]]. Compact notation for whole of free-JI, based on prime commas.</li></ul>

===Regular temperaments===

*[[Porcupine_Notation|Porcupine notation]]

*[[pergen|Pergen notation (ups/downs plus lifts/drops)]]

*[[Extended meantone notation]] (diesis and kleisma up/down, for [[meantone]] systems including [[5edo|5]], [[7edo|7]], [[12edo|12]], [[19edo|19]], [[24edo|24]], [[26edo|26]], [[31edo|31]], [[36edo|36]], [[38edo|38]], [[43edo|43]], [[45edo|45]], [[50edo|50]], [[55edo|55]], [[57edo|57]], [[62edo|62]], [[67edo|67]], [[69edo|69]], [[74edo|74]], [[76edo|76]], [[81edo|81]], [[86edo|86]], [[88edo|88]], [[93edo|93]], [[98edo|98]], [[100edo|100]], [[105edo|105]], [[117edo|117]], [[129edo|129]])

*[[KISS notation|KISS Notation]]

==Microtonal scores==

See dedicated [[Scores|Scores]] page.

==Microtonal fonts==

<ul><li>Ted Mook's font for notating Ezra Sims' 72-EDO notation et al. http://www.mindspring.com/~tmook/micro.html</li><li>Tempera font by Christian Textier - does anyone use these crazy things? http://pros.orange.fr/christian.texier/mididesi/</li><li>Matthew Hindson offers this font with quartertones and the like. http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/index.php/free-fonts-available-for-download/</li></ul>

==Notation program/editors for microtonal music==

Please see the list on the [[Software#Notation software|Software]] page

==Links==

[http://lumma.org/music/theory/notation/ Types of Notation]