User:VectorGraphics/intro to 16edo

hello, i'm vector and here is my intro to 16edo.

(disclaimer: this is pretty non-serious)

one of the most important intervals in music is the fifth. here is the fifth. [0, 675c] sound weird and dissonant? well, tough luck. other important intervals include the fourth [0, 525c], major third (asterisk) [0, 375c], minor third (asterisk) [0, 300c], major second (asterisk) [0, 225c], and minor second (double asterisk) [0, 75c]. [asterisk: some people call this a (opposite quality) third/second] [double asterisk: i'm the only one who calls this a minor second] another interval you'll need to know about is the neutral second [0, 150c].

you can put together major and neutral seconds to form a scale, called the antidiatonic scale (0 150c 300c 525c 675c 825c 975c 1200c). you'll find all the other intervals in this scale as well between various notes. if you put notes on top of each other, you can make chords. for example, a major chord with a major third [0 375c 675c], and a minor chord with a minor third [0 300c 675c]. you can build major and minor chords on all the notes of the scale except B, which has an augmented chord instead [0 375c 750c], with a subminor sixth instead of a perfect fifth.

oh yeah, the notes in this scale have letters, and you can represent the rest of the notes by using # or b to raise or lower the note by a minor second, or augmented unison as the cool kids call it, respectively. at least, I think that # raises the note. some people like to be pedantic about stacking fifths or something and say that # should lower the note as if the meaning of # has anything to do with stacking fifths and not, say, the difference between a major and minor third.

(to be continued)