Interval system
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By //musical interval system// is meant a range of musical intervals theoretically available to a composer. The qualification "theoretically" is important, as such systems usually include intervals which are not actually audible by human beings. The most basic of distinctions among such systems is between the open and closed systems, where a closed system has a finite set of possible musical intervals, whereas an open system has an infinite set. An example of a closed system would be all 2097151 notes of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Tuning_Standard|MIDI tuning standard]]. An example of an open system is 12EDO, which puts no limit on how high or low the range of tones extends. From a practical point of view MTS is vastly more capable of representing musical intervals than 12EDO, and in fact includes it. From a theoretical point of view, 12EDO has an infinite set of available intervals, even though you can't hear or even physically produce most of them.
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<html><head><title>Musical Interval Systems</title></head><body>By <em>musical interval system</em> is meant a range of musical intervals theoretically available to a composer. The qualification "theoretically" is important, as such systems usually include intervals which are not actually audible by human beings. The most basic of distinctions among such systems is between the open and closed systems, where a closed system has a finite set of possible musical intervals, whereas an open system has an infinite set. An example of a closed system would be all 2097151 notes of the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_Tuning_Standard" rel="nofollow">MIDI tuning standard</a>. An example of an open system is 12EDO, which puts no limit on how high or low the range of tones extends. From a practical point of view MTS is vastly more capable of representing musical intervals than 12EDO, and in fact includes it. From a theoretical point of view, 12EDO has an infinite set of available intervals, even though you can't hear or even physically produce most of them.</body></html>