Links

General

• Joe Monzo's Encyclopedia of tuning at Tonalsoft

Instruments

              Acoustic

• Stephen Altoft and Donald Bousted: Microtonal Trumpet
• Australian harmonic bells
• Dennis Báthory-Kitsz: Instruments
• Marco Blaauw: Janus-trumpet
• Bosanquet's Enharmonic Harmonium
• Chamadron
• David Løberg Code: Groven Piano Project
• Tolgahan Cogulu: Adjustable microtonal guitar
• Simon Crab: 120 Years of Electronic Music. The history of electronic musical instruments from 1800 to 2019
• Nikos Dimitriadis: Oud
• Experimental Musical Instruments
• Cris Forster: Musical Instruments
• Stephen Fox: Bohlen-Pierce clarinet
• Kraig Grady: Musical instruments and tunings
• Bob Grawi: Gravikord
• Eivind Groven's Organ House
• Robin Hayward: Microtonal Tuba
• Bill Hibbert: The sound and tuning of bells
• Historical temperament tunings on the modern concert piano
• Buzz Kimball: Instruments
• The Kingma System Flute
• The Kite Guitar
• Ewan Macpherson: Bagpipe index
• Microtonal guitar resources
• Pat Missin: Alternate tunings for the harmonica
• Vidyadhar Oke: 22 Shruti Harmonium and Metallophone
• Het Orgel: Online magazine on European organ art
• Patrick Ozzard-Low: 21st Century Orchestral Instruments. Acoustic instruments for alternative tuning systems
• Jean-Pierre Poulin: Guitares microtonales
• Qin Tunings, with Special Reference to Shen Qi Mi Pu
• Godfried-Willem Raes: Quartertone Automated Pipe Organ
• Timothy Reichard: Quartertone fingering chart for saxophone
• Sauter: 1/16-tone piano
• Ernestine Stoop: Carrillo harp
• Tanaka Harmonium
• Siemen Terpstra: An integrated colour-code for microtonal guitar fret-boards
• Traverso tuning and temperaments
• Denzil Wraight: The Chromatic Harpsichord (Cembalo Cromatico)

              Electr(on)ic

• Ganesh Anandan: Shruti Stik and Shruti metallophone
• ANS synthesizer
• Christian Braut, Jacques Dudon and Arnaud Sicard: Semantic Daniélou
• Harold Fortuin: The Clavette keyboard
• Jörg Mager: The Electrophon, Sphäraphon, Partiturophon and the Kaleidophon
• Microtonal keyboards
• Microtonal synthesis: list of synthesizers, samplers, pianos, portable keyboards, sound cards and software synthesizers with user programmable scales or tunings.
• Terpstra Keyboard
• The Continuum Fingerboard
• Friedrich Trautwein: Mixtur-Trautonium
• Trautoniks Trautonium VT2012 and The Trautonium Project
• Erv Wilson: 31-tone instrument patent

Microtonal and Non-ET Music

• Jim Aikin: Music
• Christopher Bailey: Music
• Graham Breed: Music
• Julián Carrillo: Music
• David Doty: Music
• Kyle Gann: Music
• Giant octaves: Music
• Stefan Hagel: Ancient Greek Music
• Jeffrey Harrington: Music
• Pierre Lewis: tuning and temperament demos
• Ere Lievonen: Audio
• Many artists: free microtonal albums
• Claudi Meneghin: music
• Microtona: International DVD project about microtonal music by P-ART, trailer
• Microtonalismo: La Música de los microtonos
• Herman Miller: The Music Page
• Herman Miller: The Warped Canon Page and Pavane for a Warped Princess
• John O'Sullivan: Eagle 53 demo web app
• Samuel Pellman: microtonal music
• Petrucci Music Library: scores
• Boudewijn Rempt: Andal music
• Prent Rodgers: Microtonal music
• John Sankey: Harpsichord MIDI recordings
• Zoran Scekic: Music
• Dave Seidel: Mysterybear productions
• Carlo Serafini: Music
• William Sethares: Xentonality
• Mohajeri Shahin: Microtonal Music
• Alessandro Simonetto: Kunst der Fuge
• split notes: Microtonal Netlabel
• Mick Sussman: Microtonal Computer Music
• The Concrescense Project: examples
• Tonalsoft: Free Music Downloads
• Robert Walker: Improvisations and Tunes
• Danny Wier: Microtonal Music
• Ozan Yarman: Musical works
• ZIA: Microtonal Music

Institutions

• American Festival of Microtonal Music
• Association Ivan Wyschnegradsky
• Chrysalis Foundation
• The Diapason Press
• Dutch Microtonal Society
• International society for performing arts research Arnold Bake
• Finnish Microtonal Society
• Frog Peak Music
• Gaudeamus Foundation
• Internationale Gesellschaft für Ekmelische Musik
• Institute for Basic Musical Research
• International Organization for Numerical Musical Tuning
• The Just Intonation Network (former)
• Lambdoma Home Page
• The Logos Foundation
• LucyScaleDevelopments
• MELA Foundation
• Microfest
• Microtonal Projects
• Microtonal University
• Music Notation Project
• Musicology-Online: Doctoral Dissertations
• NewMusicBox: Web magazine from American Music Center
• The Augusto Novaro Society
• P-ART Journal
• Pitch for the International Microtonalist
• Sagittal.org
• Southeast Just Intonation Society
• Transpectra
• un.twelve
• World Harmony Project
• Xenharmonikôn, an informal journal devoted to all aspects of microtonal and xenharmonic music and contents

Forums

• The Sagittal Forum
• Tuning-discuss
• Tuning-math-discuss
• Tuning List Archive
• Tuning-Math List Archive
• La liste mamuphi@listes.ircam.fr, Séminaire math musique philosophie

Theory

              General

• John Allen: notation for microtonal scales
• Armodue
• AUTRIM: the Automated Transcription for Indian Music Project by NCPA and UvA
• Bach Cantatas: Temperament / Key Character
• Dave Benson: Mathematics and Music
• Terry Blackburn: Alternate Temperaments: Theory and Philosophy (The beginner's field guide to alternate temperaments)
• Heinz Bohlen: The Bohlen-Pierce site
• Graham Breed's microtonal website
• Jacques Dudon: Giant Octaves
• Ross Duffin: Why I hate Vallotti (or is it Young?)
• Edward Dunne: Pianos and Continued Fractions
• Paul Erlich: A gentle introduction to Fokker periodicity blocks
• Paul Erlich: Tuning, Tonality and Twenty-Two-Tone Temperament
• Paul Erlich: microtonal music theory
• Cris Forster: Musical Mathematics
• Laurent Gautier: Gammes et théories musicales
• Jürgen Grönewald: Mikrotonale Differenzen musikalischer Temperaturen
• Jeffrey Harrington: Making Microtonal Music with Software
• David Keenan and Douglas Blumeyer: Guide to regular temperament theory
• David Keenan and George Secor: Sagittal notation
• Reinhard Kopiez: Intonation experiment
• Vladimir Ladma: Music theory
• Henzo Lafuente: Microtonalismo y Afinaciónes alternativas
• Pierre Lewis: Understanding Temperaments
• Stephen Malinowski: Music pages
• MatheMusic4D
• Werner Mohrlok: Hermode program controlled tuning
• Jean-Pierre Poulin: Les gammes musicales
• Anthony Prechtl and Andrew Milne: Dynamic Tonality
• Kees van Prooijen: Music
• William Sethares: Research
• Gene Ward Smith: Xenharmony
• Norman Sohl: An Atlas of Consonance
• Hans Straub: MaMuTh Page
• Rick Tagawa: 72 Tone Equal Temperament
• Siemen Terpstra: Articles about musical tuning and philosophical issues
• Claudio di Veroli: Unequal Temperaments
• The Erv Wilson Archive and Wilson Archive - Related Papers
• The Sonic Sky: Erv Wilson and Stephen James Taylor

              Historical

• Bill Alves: The Just Intonation System of Nicola Vicentino
• Bradley Lehman: Johann Sebastian Bach's tuning
• Margo Schulter: Articles on early music harmony and tuning
• Thesaurus Musicarum Italicarum
• Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum
• Traités français sur la musique

              Non-Western

• Mohan Ayyar: Carnatic Corner
• Haresh Bakshi: Sound of India
• David Courtney: Tabla
• Alain Daniélou
• Gamelan mailing list archive
• Indian music research
• Maqam World
• Turkish makams and music theory
• Ueli Raz: Einführungen in die Sitar

Composers

• Susan Alexjander
• Bill Alves
• Charles Ames
• Cecilia Arditto
• Didier Aschour
• Henk Badings
• Christopher Bailey
• Claude Ballif
• Alain Bancquart
• Klarenz Barlow
• Hans Barnard
• Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
• David Beardsley
• John Beckwith
• Anton de Beer
• Claes Biehl
• John Bischoff
• Easley Blackwood
• Richard Boulanger
• Donald Bousted
• Ed Broms
• David Burraston
• Warren Burt
• David Canright
• Wendy Carlos
• Julián Carrillo
• Dolores Catherino and Polychromatic Music
• Jon Catler
• Hayden Chisholm
• Bill Coates
• Gloria Coates
• Tolgahan Çogulu
• Anton Coops
• Fabio Costa
• Mildred Couper
• Pascale Criton
• Andrew Culver
• Ivor Darreg
• Chris Dench
• Jan van Dijk
• Emily Doolittle
• David Doty
• Jacques Dudon
• Sebastian Dumitrescu
• John Eaton
• Jason Eckardt
• Ivo van Emmerik
• Julio Estrada
• José Evangelista
• David Finnamore
• Bjørn Fongaard
• Daniel Forró
• Cris Forster
• Harold Fortuin
• John Foulds
• Mamoru Fujieda
• Paul Gallagher
• Kyle Gann
• Sander Germanus
• Ruben Sverre Gjertsen
• Monroe Golden
• Annie Gosfield
• Danny de Graan
• Kraig Grady
• Erik Griswold
• Eivind Groven
• John Gzowski
• Sampo Haapamäk
• Georg Friedrich Haas
• Alois Hába
• Georg Hajdu
• Bruce Hamilton
• Jeffrey Harrington
• Lou Harrison
• Jonathan Harvey
• Edu Haubensack
• Neil Haverstick
• Rozalie Hirs
• Sten Höstfält
• Liam Howe
• Klaus Huber
• Amelia Huff (Zheanna Erose)
• Peter Lucas Hulen
• Ertugrul Inanç
• Charles Ives
• Richard James
• Jurica Jelic
• Aaron Krister Johnson
• Ben Johnston
• Iglashion Jones
• Christiaan de Jong
• Jeronimas Kacinskas
• Matthias Kadar
• Buzz Kimball
• Hans Kox
• Anne La Berge
• Bernhard Lang
• Elodie Lauten
• Claude Ledoux
• Ton de Leeuw
• Gijs Levelt
• Ralph Lewis
• Ere Lievonen
• Györgi Ligeti
• Alain Louvier
• Henry Lowengard
• Francisco Luque
• Juhani Nuorvala
• Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
• Joel Mandelbaum and here
• Luc Marcel
• Jean-Etienne Marie
• Bruce Mather
• Ned McGowan
• Paul Méfano
• Shaahin Mohajeri
• Joseph Monzo
• Frederick Moore
• Nora-Louise Müller
• James Mulvale
• Pauline Oliveros
• Christina Oorebeek
• Jan Wouter Oostenrijk
• Frank Oteri
• Gérard Pape
• Harry Partch and the Newband Harry Partch site
• Joseph Pehrson
• Samuel Pellman
• Krzysztof Penderecki
• Tristan Perich
• Hannu Pohjannoro
• Larry Polansky
• Rod Poole
• Enno Poppe
• Henri Pousseur
• Horatio Radulescu
• Jay Random
• Hans Reichel
• Rafael Reina
• Karel Reiner
• Johnny Reinhard and at The Stereo Society
• Richard Rijnvos
• Terry Riley
• Milan Ristic
• Benton Roark
• Pedro M. Rocha
• Prent Rodgers
• Dante Rosati
• Mathew Rosenblum
• Piet-Jan van Rossum
• Ned Rothenberg
• Wim de Ruiter
• Marc Sabat
• Zoran Scekic
• Giacinto Scelsi
• Greg Schiemer
• Allan Schindler
• Joachim F.W. Schneider
• Carlo Serafini
• Murat Ses
• Ezra Sims
• Martin Smolka
• Johann Sonnleitner
• Ulf-Diether Soyka
• Manfred Stahnke
• Viktor Suslin
• Hans-André Stamm
• Volker Staub
• Cam Taylor
• Ernstalbrecht Stiebler
• Tui St. George Tucker
• Ron Sword
• Cam Taylor
• Stephen James Taylor
• James Tenney
• Jeroen Paul Thesseling
• Daniel Thompson
• Lasse Thoresen
• Jukka Tiensuu
• Paul Timmermans
• Frances-Marie Uitti
• Georg Vogel
• Klaas de Vries
• Leo de Vries
• Douglas Wadle
• Hidekazu Wakabayashi
• Elaine Walker
• Stephen Weigel
• Melle Weijters
• Julia Werntz
• John Winiarz
• Daniel Wolf
• James Wood
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky
• Iannis Xenakis
• Franck Yeznikian
• Ozan Yarman
• La Monte Young
• Joji Yuasa
• Bostjan Zupancic
• Jos Zwaanenburg

Software

              Free- or shareware

• 2032 by dynamic tonality
• Adaptun by William Sethares
• Autobusk by Clarence Barlow
• Auto Tune by AnalogX
• Bristol Synthesiser by Nick Copeland
• Canta by Christophe Chaumet
• Cecilia Graphic User Interface to Csound
• Chromatia Tuner by FMJ-Software
• ChucK by Ge Wang and Perry Cook
• Common Music
• Csound
• Custom Scale Editor by Aaron Andrew Hunt
• Dynamic Tonality by Anthony Prechtl and Andrew Milne
• EDO Tuner by John Watson
• Ekmelib by Thomas Richter
• Ekmelily by Thomas Richter
• Entropy Piano Tuner by Christoph Wick and Haye Hinrichsen
• Escargot by nobius
• Euler Genus Creator by Aljoscha Ristow
• Flutini by Scott R. Turner
• Fractal Tune Smithy by Robert Walker
• FretFocus by Chapman Flack
• GeoMaestro by Stéphane Rollandin
• GrandOrgue by Michael Schmidt
• Harmonic Analyser, MidiTemper and PianoTuner by Fred Nachbaur
• Harmonicarium by Walter Mantovani
• Hex by Andrew Milne and Anthony Prechtl
• Imanuel's Microtonal Instrument
• Intune by Marek Dolleiser
• Java Just Intonation Calculator by Charles Céleste Hutchins
• Just Intonation by Karolin Stange, Christoph Wick and Haye Hinrichsen
• Just Intonation Ear Trainer by Bill Alves
• Just Intonation Toolkit by Tom Mudd
• Kora Jaliya by Harald Loquenz
• Leimma by Khyam Allami & Counterpoint
• Lime Music Notation Software by CERL Sound Group
• Linear temperament finder applet by Graham Breed
• Max Magic Microtuner and Vogue Quattro 1.0 microtonal synthesizer by Victor Cerullo
• MicroABC by Hudson Lacerda
• MicroCsound by Aaron Johnson
• Micropalette by Lasse Thoresen
• MICROTONE 5000 by Michael Dean
• Midicode Synthesizer by Peter Frazer
• MIDI Relay and Midiconv by Graham Breed
• MidiPipe
• Mutabor by Bernhard Ganter et al.
• Offtonic synth applet by Mauro Braunstein
• Online Oud Tuner
• Overtone by Sam Aaron et al.
• Pareto: patches for the analysis and the resynthesis of musical scales in ethnomusicology by Fabien Levy
• Pd by Miller Puckette
• Pitchtune oscilloscope-style tuner by Håkon André Hjortland
• Plainsound Harmonic Space Calculator by Thomas Nicholson
• PyTuning Python library by Mark Conway Wirt
• Quintet.net by Georg Hajdu
• Rasika-Gayaka software by M. Subramanian
• Scala by Manuel Op de Coul from this website
• Scala Microtuners for Kontakt and SynthEdit by Robert Strauss
• Scale by Albert Gräf
• Scale Workshop by Lumi Pakkanen et al.
• Schismata by John Coutts
• Semantic Daniélou as UVI Workstation instrument
• Sfront by John Lazzaro
• Shakuhachi tuning meter by Tatsuaki Kuroda
• Simple Microtonal Sampler by Michael Dean
• Simple Microtonal Synth by Michael Dean
• Sonic Pi by Sam Aaron
• Strasheela by Torsten Anders
• Supercollider by James McCartney
• Surge synthesizer by Vember Audio
• Tantrum by Stephen Malinowsky
• Tao physical model synthesiser by Mark Pearson
• Tarsos by Joren Six
• Tartini by Philip McLeod
• Temperament spreadsheet by Bradley Lehman
• Timidity MIDI to WAVE converter/player by Masanao Izumo and others
• Timidity++ Experimental version and latest binary
• Tone Map by Aljoscha Ristow
• TTMusik by Joachim Mohr
• Tune!it by Detlef Volkmer
• TuneMaster by F.R. Feenstra
• Tuning Workbench Synth by Jens Peter Nielsen
• Viking by dynamic tonality
• Virtual 31-tone Fokker keyboard applet and 31-tone Bosanquet keyboard applet by Paul Hirsh
• Virtual ANS and other softsynths by Alexander Zolotov
• Wavanal for bell tuning analysis by Bill Hibbert
• Wicki keyboard and Karplus-Strong synthesizer in pure JavaScript using the Firefox Audio Data API
• WinTemper tuner by Mark Wilkes
• Xentone microtonal ear trainer and notation trainer by Aaron Andrew Hunt
• Zarlino by Olivier Bettens and Jean-Pierre Vidal
• ZynAddSubFX software synthesizer by Paul Nasca

              Commercial

• alt-tuner (Kite Giedraitis)
• AnaMark softsynth (Mark Henning)
• Audite Plus (Cappella Software)
• Cybertuner piano tuning program (Reyburn)
• Harmony Assistant/Melody Assistant (Myriad Software)
• HMSL: Hierarchical Music Specification Language (Frog Peak)
• Instrument-Tuner
• Intonia
• JMSL: Java Music Specification Language (Algomusic)
• Kyma (Symbolic Sound Corporation)
• Max/MSP (Cycling '74)
• Melodyne 2.0 (Celemony)
• MetaSynth (U&I softwares)
• Microtonal software for the Ensoniq Mirage (Upward Concepts)
• Mus2 Microtonal notation software (Utku Uzmen)
• Orion Platinum (Synapse Audio Software)
• Pro-52, FM7 and Reaktor softsynths (Native Instruments)
• SwarShala (Swar Systems)
• Tuning Meister
• Tuning Vine (Robin Hayward)
• VAZ Plus, Modular, 2001 (VAZ Synths)
• World Music Menu (Free Play Production)
• Z3ta+ Waveshaping Synthesizer (Cakewalk)

Metalinks

• Xenharmonic Wiki, an open resource for ANYone curious about ANY aspect of microtonal music, xenharmonic music, alternative tuning practices, etc.
• Xenharmonic Lists and galleries
• Reddit Microtonal

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