Sonic Fascination Awaits…

Hello, I’m Greg Gilman, music theory nerd.

I have collected all of my musical knowledge here to accompany you on your journey to exploring all that music theory has to offer. Feel free to browse and select the guide that interests you.

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Building 12-ET

The Math of Pitch-Set Theory

Resources

Closing Thoughts

After exploring the basics of pitch theory, the tuning system that is 12-ET, and its ultimate abstraction, pitch-set and pitch-group theory, we have exhausted the tonal palette of 12-ET.

We know of all the various pitch collections we can use and we know of the various ways to use them. If we’re ever lost, we have tools to get us back on track: Resources

Beyond that, we have nowhere left to explore in 12-ET, and we can turn our focus to alternate tuning systems and microtonality (see: https://en.xen.wiki).

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