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If the musician has experience of tonal music with correct spelling, a transition to extended [[Meantone|Meantone]] is natural. Early pieces should enforce the 5-limit diatonic framework and move gradually to more remote notes and harmonies. A theoretical knowledge of harmony also helps because many of those rules were laid down in a meantone context.

If the musician thinks in terms of enharmonic equivalences, a procedure of ~~diving~~ the equal tempered semitone is most productive. This leads first to quartertones ([[24edo|24edo]]), but also to [[72edo|72edo]], where they can learn 11-limit harmonies.

If the musician thinks in terms of enharmonic equivalences, a procedure of dividing the equal tempered semitone is most productive. This leads first to quartertones ([[24edo|24edo]]), but also to [[72edo|72edo]], where they can learn 11-limit harmonies.

Musicians with a Pythagorean mindset (most likely string players) may take to schismatic temperament (see [[Regular_Temperaments|Regular Temperaments]]) or divisions of the semitone (above). They will have much more trouble with extended meantone (also above).

Experience may hinder when it conflicts with the new system being learned. Paradoxically, the most accomplished musicians will have the most difficulty because their habits are the most ingrained.

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 If the musician has experience of tonal music with correct spelling, a transition to extended [[Meantone|Meantone]] is natural. Early pieces should enforce the 5-limit diatonic framework and move gradually to more remote notes and harmonies. A theoretical knowledge of harmony also helps because many of those rules were laid down in a meantone context.
-If the musician thinks in terms of enharmonic equivalences, a procedure of diving the equal tempered semitone is most productive. This leads first to quartertones ([[24edo|24edo]]), but also to [[72edo|72edo]], where they can learn 11-limit harmonies.
+If the musician thinks in terms of enharmonic equivalences, a procedure of dividing the equal tempered semitone is most productive. This leads first to quartertones ([[24edo|24edo]]), but also to [[72edo|72edo]], where they can learn 11-limit harmonies.
 Musicians with a Pythagorean mindset (most likely string players) may take to schismatic temperament (see [[Regular_Temperaments|Regular Temperaments]]) or divisions of the semitone (above). They will have much more trouble with extended meantone (also above).
 Experience may hinder when it conflicts with the new system being learned. Paradoxically, the most accomplished musicians will have the most difficulty because their habits are the most ingrained.