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Unlike Sagittal, Johnston, HEWM and Sabat, Kite's color notation, ups/downs notation and pergen notation include <u>relative notation</u>. This makes naming not only intervals but also chords possible. Kite has listed hundreds of JI chords and EDO chords with their names.
Unlike Sagittal, Johnston, HEWM and Sabat, Kite's color notation, ups/downs notation and pergen notation include <u>relative notation</u>. This makes naming not only intervals but also chords possible. Kite has listed hundreds of JI chords and EDO chords with their names.
'''<u>Manifesto:</u>'''


Kite has called for xenharmonic terminology that requires less memorization. His manifesto:
Kite has called for xenharmonic terminology that requires less memorization. His manifesto:
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<ul><li>I refuse to memorize any ratio with numbers of more than 2 digits</li><li>I refuse to memorize any extended ratio with numbers higher than 20</li><li>I refuse to memorize the difference between a limna, a kleisma, a schisma, a diaschisma, and a diesis</li><li>I refuse to memorize the 62 sagittal accidentals</li><li>I refuse to memorize the 750 temperament names</li></ul>
<ul><li>I refuse to memorize any ratio with numbers of more than 2 digits</li><li>I refuse to memorize any extended ratio with numbers higher than 20</li><li>I refuse to memorize the difference between a limna, a kleisma, a schisma, a diaschisma, and a diesis</li><li>I refuse to memorize the 62 sagittal accidentals</li><li>I refuse to memorize the 750 temperament names</li></ul>
'''<u>A Rant:</u>'''


Kite's horribly opinionated rant about the current state of microtonal music:
Kite's horribly opinionated rant about the current state of microtonal music:


There's such a thing as an over-educated ear. Anyone that studies microtonal music for a decade or so can hear consonance in anything. You learn to appreciate ever larger odd limits and prime limits until the octave is packed with hundreds of ratios. And every possible cents interval becomes a tempered version of some ratio or other. I personally would never use, say, 15/13. I just don't want to make music that requires that level of ear training. I don't think any of us should. It just makes microtonal music unlistenable and inaccessible to the general public. It's like avant-garde jazz or atonal classical music. It's honestly hard for me to tell the difference between either of those and a toddler plunking away on the piano at random. I guess if I went to music school, I could learn to tell the difference, but why bother? Music is supposed to be fun, and you shouldn't have to read a textbook to get it.  
There's such a thing as an over-educated ear. Anyone that studies microtonal music for a decade or so can hear consonance in anything. You learn to appreciate ever larger odd limits and prime limits until the octave is packed with hundreds of ratios. And every possible cents interval becomes a tempered version of some ratio or other. I personally would never use, say, 15/13. I just don't want to make music that requires that level of ear training. I don't think any of us should. It just makes microtonal music unlistenable and inaccessible to the general public. It's like avant-garde jazz or atonal classical music. It's honestly hard for me to tell the difference between either of those and a toddler plunking away on the piano at random. I guess if I went to music school, I could learn to tell the difference, but why bother? Music is supposed to be fun, and you shouldn't have to read a textbook to get it.  
'''<u>Groaner puns:</u>'''
What's the difference between a clogged lint trap and a comma?
What's the difference between a joint holder and a Slendro comma?
How is steel like a comma?
How is a fool like a vanishing comma?
How is an elaborate musical like a comma's ratio?
How is a choosy person like the Meantone comma?
ANSWERS:
What's the difference between a clogged lint trap and a comma?
One causes a dryer to quit, and the other causes a choir to drift.
What's the difference between a joint holder and a Slendro comma?
One fits the spliff and the other splits the fifth.
How is steel like a comma?
They both improve with tempering.
How is a fool like a vanishing comma?
They both have no sense (cents).
How is an elaborate musical like a comma's ratio?
They both have big numbers.
How is a choosy person like the Meantone comma?
They're both superparticular.
OK, I'll show myself out now...


'''<u>Websites</u>:'''
'''<u>Websites</u>:'''


[http://www.tallkite.com www.tallkite.com] (Kite's microtonal software, writings and music)
[http://www.tallkite.com TallKite.com] (Kite's microtonal software, writings and music)


[http://www.FoolsInParadise.com www.FoolsInParadise.com] (Kite's marimba/mbira band)
[https://KiteGuitar.com KiteGuitar.com]


[http://www.PortlandMarimba.com www.PortlandMarimba.com] (group classes in African marimba)
[http://www.FoolsInParadise.com FoolsInParadise.com] (Kite's marimba/mbira band)
 
[http://www.PortlandMarimba.com PortlandMarimba.com] (group classes in African marimba)


'''<u>Xenwiki pages</u>:'''
'''<u>Xenwiki pages</u>:'''
[[Kite Guitar]]


[[Color notation]]
[[Color notation]]
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