Definitions of tuning terms

© 1998 by Joseph L. Monzo

All definitions by Joe Monzo unless otherwise cited

non-just non-equal


    A tuning which transcends both the small-integer ratios of just-intonation, and the logarithmically equal "steps" or divisions of Equal Temperament.

    The well-temperaments may be considered a subset of these, although in modern usage these nj-net scales are also frequently non-"octave".

    (for examples, see Jonathan Harvey's 1984 classic Mortuos Plango Vivos Voco, Jean Claude Risset's classic computer piece Inharmonique, and many pieces by Brian McLaren)

    [from Joe Monzo, JustMusic: A New Harmony, with additions by Brian McLaren]

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