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Tuning is impossible – an interactive.

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Table of Contents Motivation Prerequisites Basics of sound Harmony How we came up with the number twelve Alternatives and solutions Conclusion Addendum References Motivation I want to talk about something I've had in my head for a while now, and that partially inspired me to create this blog. Something embedded in every melody, but complex in its own right and something I had implicitly taken for granted my entire life: Tuning systems. But before I can start my monologue on the topic, we'll need to get some things clear, specifically, how sounds work, and why some sounds are more harmonious than others. This will get somewhat long, since I'll be trying to be as clear as possible, but bear with me and you'll start hearing music in a completely different manner. Prerequisites Basic music theory kn