Last time we looked at equal tempered systems and how they are always of the form:And then we explored how we could choose alpha such that we could make certain intervals, such as the 5th, nice. But the problem was that making one interval nice would make others worse than 12-TET. So how can weContinue reading “Experimental 12-TET: Part 2”
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Experimental 12-TET tuning systems
Equal tempered systems The defining property of equal tempered tuning systems is that transposing a melody will preserve the ratio’s of the note’s frequencies. So let’s try and create an equal tempered system. Any tuning system is just a mapping from note numbers to frequncies, so let’s represent our equal tempered tuning system with aContinue reading “Experimental 12-TET tuning systems”
What is Aliasing?
Maybe you’ve heard this term when configuring your graphics settings, or maybe it’s something that’s happening to your digital signals. But what is Aliasing and why is it so bad? I’ll talk about aliasing in terms of digital signal processing, but this information is also applicable in other areas. Digital Signals In terms of music,Continue reading “What is Aliasing?”
When is a melody non-diatonic?
The question Consider the following melodies: Melody 1: C-E-G Melody 2: B-C-C# “Melody 1” could be a melody in C Major, or maybe it could be in G Major. On the other hand, “Melody 2” is chromatic. So there isn’t any key that those notes all belong to. So the question is, can we categoriseContinue reading “When is a melody non-diatonic?”
What is this place?
How did you find this? My personal blog about things I find interesting in music. The main goal is to organise my thoughts. Some key points: I haven’t been musically trained/taught. So take anything you read here with a grain of salt I play Keyboard/Piano I main DK and Falcon in Melee I like computers/synthsContinue reading “What is this place?”
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