March 10, 20206 yr Any composers interested in tuning/microtonality may be interested to know that I've modified a MuseScore plugin originally made to retune your score to 31-tone equal temperament so that it can retune the score to any fifths-based tuning, including 19-TET, 31-TET, 17-TET, 22-TET, and many more. Just enter the size of the fifth, or click one of the buttons for preset values, and each note in your score will be retuned to that system. You can use the plugin to take advantage of specific features of a tuning (like how in 31 the doubly augmented third is a good approximation of the 11th harmonic, or how D# and Gb are enharmonically equivalent in 17), or write a piece of music like you always do and then see which tunings you think it sounds best in. (I recommend trying 31 in those cases!) The plugin is available here for anyone interested in giving it a try: https://musescore.org/en/project/fifths-based-tuning And here's a quick explainer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu5m7IN6Krs Please do let me know if you end up writing music with it, and also feel free to ask any questions about the theory or what valuable properties different fifths-based tunings have.
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