User talk:Sporklpony

Welcome and regarding your new page

It seems your definition of equal division of an interval is no different from the existing equal-step tuning. Have you read it? I suggest so. And if the "edi" concept is different please make sure to explain the difference since it's not clear now. If not, I suggest removal or redirection. Besides, you mentioned "ed5" for equal division of the perfect fifth, yet ed5 is the equal division of the 5th harmonic. Equal division of the perfect fifth is commonly denoted edf or ed3/2. FloraC (talk) 22:44, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I was aware of the idea of equal-step tuning, but I wasn't sure of the name. That said, I do think equal division of an interval is a different enough concept to warrant it's own page; I see equal division of an interval as a method to extend the tonality of existing scales, as opposed to a method to build new scales. Each of the examples I linked use it to achieve some degree of microtonality in what is otherwise a 12TET harmonic language. Do you think it's different enough to warrant a new page? (If not I'm completely alright to delete it). As for the Ed5 mistake, that's one hundred percent my bad; I got it mixed up with Edf. Thank you for catching it! In general, I'm still quite new to xenharmony, so thank you for the corrections and apologies for any mistakes I make! Sporklpony (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2022 (ETC)

I'm not sure. Is the difference only methodological? Since I don't see the difference in the definition of the objects from what's presented. Think about it, the equal temperament and the equal-step tuning are different objects, yet they haven't had their separate pages. So if for certain reasons the method can't be effectively discussed with equal-step tunings, it needs to be elaborated. FloraC (talk) 23:59, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

I see, thinking about things as objects as opposed to methods makes more sense. I don't think EDI adds anything new to equal-step tuning in that case. I'll change the page to a redirect. For my own reference, is there a page about combining different xenharmonic objects (like how 12TET and equal-step tunings are combined in the examples I provided on the page)? Thank you! Sporklpony (talk) 21:37, 13 January 2022 (ETC)

The usual terms are polysystemic (from Ivor Darreg) and polymicrotonality (from Johnny Reinhard). To my knowledge, they are mostly used to describe pieces that use two or more tuning systems significantly, as opposed to pieces that use alternative tunings for a short effect. For instance, Jacob Collier's "Moon River" is barely polysystemic, and many people probably wouldn't label it as such, but arguably "In the Bleak Midwinter" is "more" polysystemic. I guess it's hard to draw clear boundaries anyway.

Unfortunately, very few polysystemic pieces are currently filed in the wiki. I can recommend Liminal City Escalators, which features 18edo & 12edo as well as 18edo & 17edo (alongside the same tunings used separately), but there are certainly many more as well.

By the way, the equal division of 12edo intervals can easily be described by using different edos, such as 9edo for 3 equal divisions of the 12edo major third (as in Acute, where it was notated as "M3/4"), or 36edo if you apply that division on every pitch of 12edo and consider the resulting set of pitches. --Fredg999 (talk) 05:03, 14 January 2022 (UTC)