intonation

control

Syntax	Description
my_var = require ‘intonation’	Invoke the `intonation` library in your script and assign it to a variable
my_normal = my_var.normal()	Builds a table of notes containing a small variation of ptolemaic 5-limit with closer minor 7th : table
my_ptolemy = my_var.ptolemy()	Ptolemaic 12-tone (5-limit) - very similar to `normal` except for m7 : table
my_overtone = my_var.overtone()	Ben Johnston’s overtone scale identical to Jeff Snyder’s “otonal” scale : table
my_undertone = my_var.undertone()	Subharmonic mirror of the overtone scale - Jeff Snyder calls this “utonal” after Partch : table
my_lamonte = my_var.lamonte()	La Monte Young’s ‘well-tuned piano’ : table
my_zarlino = my_var.zarlino()	Gioseffo Zarlino’s 16-tone (5-limit) : table
my_partch = my_var.partch()	Harry Partch 43-tone (11-limit, plus some) : table
my_gamut = my_var.gamut()	Jeff Snyder’s full 168-tone gamut : table

query

None beyond executing standard tab. utils.

example

JI = require 'intonation'
lamonte = JI.lamonte()
engine.name = 'PolyPerc'

function init()
  engine.release(clock.get_beat_sec()/8)
end

function strum()
  for i=1,#lamonte do
    engine.hz(300*lamonte[i])
    clock.sleep(1/24)
  end
end

function key(n,z)
  if n == 3 and z == 1 then
    clock.run(strum)
  end
end

description

Just Intonation tables for easy exploration of pitch relationships. Each table provides multipliers, which can be queried by executing, for example,tab.print(my_overtone), which returns: