Just intonation

Just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by whole number ratios. Any interval tuned in this way is called a just interval; in other words, the two notes are members of the same harmonic series. Although in theory two notes tuned in the frequency ratio 1024:927 might be said to be justly tuned, in practice only ratios using quite small numbers tend to be called just. Intervals used are then capable of being more consonant.

External links

• The Wilson Archives
• Tonalsoft Encyclopaedia of Tuning
• Just Intonation Explained by Kyle Gann
• Just Intonation Network
• The Tuning List
• Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
• Why does our musical scale have twelve notes?
• Art of the States: microtonal/just intonation works using just intonation by American composers