Directory of Just Intonation Resources

Just Intonation is a system of tuning in which all of the intervals can be represented by ratios of whole numbers.

Resources in This Category

Just Intonation Explained

http://www.kylegann.com/tuning.html
Technical introduction to just-intonation from the leading music writer of the Village Voice. Also, a selected just-intonation discography.
Musical Temperament

http://atomoptics-nas.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/temperament/
A book by Daniel A. Steck with much of the material suited for a college-level.
Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/harmony/pyth.html
Article by Margo Schulter written in 1998.
Tuning by Ratios

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/studio/rproj_swss/tuning/httoc.htm
This paper explores the use of simple ratios to tune musical intervals and chords. Included are a tutorial, a set of computer programs, and a re-tuned two-part invention by J.S. Bach.

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