Search The Directory The Web for Home > Arts > Music > Theory > Tuning_Systems New! Submit a site   Categories: Just Intonation (3) Microtonal (7) Magazines and E-zines (4)       whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   A Beginner's Guide to Temperament - Written by Stephen Bicknell for the electronic mailing list Piporg-l.   A Tour Up The Harmonic Series - Basic introduction to the Pythagorean circle of fifths and the physical basis for the need for alternative tuning systems.   Alternate Temperaments: Theory and Philosophy - Introduction to tuning systems, based on the cents system. Written by Terry Blackburn.   An Introduction to Historical Tunings - On the development of tuning systems in Medieval Europe (Kirnberger, Young, mean-tone systems, etc.)   Comparison of Temperaments - Table comparing various temperaments, including Equal Temperament, Pythagorean, another natural tuning, two mean-tone tunings, two Well temperaments, two Indian tunings, and two Persian tunings.   Equal Temperament Tuning - An introduction to equal temperament for guitarists who have problems tuning their guitars.   Historical Tuning - Includes information on the differences between equal temperament and well temperament and why Bach rejected equal temperament and celebrated well temperament.   Huygens-Fokker Foundation - Center for microtonal music. Promotes microtonal music in all its forms   Johann Sebastian Bach: Well Tempered Tuning (Wohltemperirt) - Paper on the history of the tuning system, as well as information about tuning a harpsichord in this system.   Julian Carrillo and the Thirteenth Sound - (1875-1965), Mexican music creator of the microtonal system called the 13th Sound. He reformed the theory of music, invented a new musical written based in numbers and built instrument capable to produce those small intervals.   Justonic Tuning Inc. - Pitch Palette software tunes a microtunable synthesizer to just intonation, world scales, historic scales and user scales in real time.   Keyboard temperament analyzer/calculator - Bradley Lehman - Excel spreadsheet that analyzes keyboard temperaments: gives beat rates for tuning, and harmonic-tension charts in all keys.   Modes and Scales in Indian Music - Article by David Courtney.   Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony - Article by Margo Schulter.   Tantrum - Tool for the study of temperament anomalies.   The Alternate Tuning Internet Mailing List - For exchanging ideas relevant to alternate tunings, including just intonation, paratactical tunings, experimental musical instrument design, and non-standard equal temperaments.   The Argument for Equal Temperament - Lerdahl's cognitive constraints.   The History of Musical Tuning and Temperament - Two academic papers, covering music before 1750, and music during the Classical and Romantic periods.   Tuning and Temperament Bibliography - Huge list of print books, magazines, and journal articles on tuning systems. A must-visit for people seriously researching tuning systems.   Tuning by Ratios - This paper explores the use of simple ratios to tune musical intervals and chords. Included are a tutorial, a set of computer programs, and a re-tuned two-part invention by J.S. Bach.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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