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Whether they are frequent or one-of-a-kind, all questions are welcome here. When listing questions, list broad, general questions higher and niche, more specific questions lower. Answer each question on a separate page, linked to by the question.
Answered questions
About musical tuning
- Why microtonality? (And why does anyone care about microtonal music?)
- What does “golden” refer to in “golden meantone”, “golden flattone”, etc?
- Rank-2 temperaments (of which meantone and flattone are two among many) generate MOS scales with two step sizes, large and small.
- Depending on what generator you use for the temperament, you can make the ratio between large:small different. For example you can have 3:1 meantone, 2:1 meantone, 3:2 meantone, etc. and the same goes for any other rank-2 temperament.
- If the ratio between the step sizes is the golden ratio, then the tuning is a golden tuning, such as “golden meantone”, “golden flattone” or similar.
About the wiki
- There's so much to read. Where do I start?
- The page Xen concepts for beginners is the best place to start.
- After that, check out General Theory for a list of foundational pages about musical tuning.
- What are this wiki's strengths and weaknesses? (How does it compare to other resources?)
About editing the wiki
- How can I sign my name on a talk page? How can I make my replies indented to the right?
- Writing the following:
: I like puppies, kittens and rainbows.
: Oh and ice cream, too.
: ~~~~
- Will result in the following output, with indented text and a signed name:
- I like puppies, kittens and rainbows.
- Oh and ice cream, too.
- BudjarnLambeth (talk) 03:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- Writing the following:
: I am Bob. ~~~~
:: Hi Bob, I’m Alice. ~~~~
::: Nice to meet you Alice, what got you interested in xenharmony? ~~~~
- Will result in the following output, with differing levels of indentation:
- Hi Bob, I’m Alice. AliceFromWonderland (talk) 02:02, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- How can I add an inline citation or note?
- Use “<ref>The contents of the note</ref>” at the place you want the little superscript number to appear.
- Use “< /references>” at the place you want the list of references to appear. (If you do not specify this, it will default to the very bottom of the page.)
- If you want to cite the same reference multiple times, give it a name e.g. “<ref name="Bob et al.">The contents of the note</ref>” the first time you use it.
- Then every subsequent time you can just use <ref name="Bob et al." /> without all the rest.
- Use “<ref>The contents of the note</ref>” at the place you want the little superscript number to appear.
- I have another technical question similar to the previous two. Where can I find the answer?
The answer is probably contained within the page Help:Editing.
Unanswered questions
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Todo: answer questions |
- How do I actually use a rank-3 temperament? (Please make a step-by-step guide of how to go from the 3 generators at the start, to a Scala file that works with Scale Workshop at the end? Every step of the way, explain like I’m five?)
in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Rank-3 temperament
in the mean time until this question is answered, see: Category:People
- Why do microtonal musicians argue so much? (And do they argue more than people in other fields of research?)
(You are encouraged to add more questions here)