Yamaha MOX8 Synthesizer Parameter Manual - Page 43

Voice Parameters 1-3-4 Micro Tuning List Equal Temperament The "compromise" tuning used for most of the last 200 years of Western music, and found on most electronic keyboards. Each half step is exactly 1/12 of an octave, and music can be played in any key with equal ease. However, none of the intervals are perfectly in tune. Pure Major This tuning is designed so that most of the intervals (especially the major third and perfect fifth) in the major scale are pure. This means that other intervals will be correspondingly out of tune. You need to specify the key (C - B) you will be playing in as the Micro Tuning Root parameter. Pure Minor The same as Pure Major, but designed for minor scales. You need to specify the key (C - B) you will be playing in as the Micro Tuning Root parameter. Werckmeist Andreas Werckmeister, a contemporary of Bach, designed this tuning so that keyboard instruments could be played in any key. Each key has a unique character. You need to specify the key (C - B) you will be playing in as the Micro Tuning Root parameter. Kimberger Johann Philipp Kirnberger, an 18th century composer, created this tempered scale to allow performances in any key. You need to specify the key (C - B) you will be playing in as the Micro Tuning Root parameter. Vallot&Yng Francescatonio Vallotti and Thomas Young (both mid-1700s) devised this adjustment to the Pythagorean tuning, in which the first six fifths are lowered by the same amount. You need to specify the key (C - B) you will be playing in as the Micro Tuning Root parameter. 1/4 shift The normal equal-tempered scale, shifted up 50 cents. 1/4 tone Twenty-four equally-spaced notes per octave. Play twenty-four notes to move one octave. 1/8 tone Forty-eight equally-spaced notes per octave. Play forty-eight notes to move one octave. Indian Usually observed in Indian music. White keys only. Arabic Usually observed in Arabic music. 43