Functional Just System
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The Functional Just System (FJS) is a logical notation system for the entirety of just intonation (JI) which claims to be both more coherent and more succinct than both Helmholtz-Ellis notation and Ben Johnston's notation.
The Functional Just System can be seen as an extension of the Pythagorean system: the base name of a note (G, D, Ab, etc.) or interval (P5, M2, m6) is calculated by a fifth distance superscript or subscript numbers are added to mark the deviation from the pythagorean base. The chain of fifths used is controlled by a threshold value (or "radius of tolerance") that is λ=65/63 by default (in “The radius of tolerance is a constant, by definition equal to 65/63.”[1])
Weblinks
- The FJS website
- Calculator
- Custom FJS Explorer
- misotanni [old] - YouTube – (abandoned channel)
Quick reference
Formal commas
Prime | Formal Comma |
---|---|
5 | 80/81 |
7 | 63/64 |
11 | 33/32 |
13 | 1053/1024 |
17 | 4131/4096 |
19 | 513/512 |
23 | 736/729 |
29 | 261/256 |
31 | 248/243 |
Harmonic series
1–8 | C | C | G | C | E5 | G | Bb7 | C |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9–16 | D | E5 | F11 | G | Ab13 | Bb7 | B5 | C |
17–24 | Db17 | D | Eb19 | E5 | F7 | F11 | F#23 | G |
25–32 | G#25 | Ab13 | A | Bb7 | Bb29 | B5 | B31 | C |