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MIDI Drum rhythms – you need to have a general MIDI sound card to hear these.

What is a Scale? – Basics.

What is a Diatonic Scale? – Basics.

Examples of Diatonic Scales – Basics.

What is a Chromatic Scale? – Basics.

What is Equal Temperament? – Basics.

What is Just Intonation #1? – Basics.

What is Just Intonation #2? – a more thorough background on this means of tuning musical instruments.

A Brief Bibliography Of Tuning and Temperament

Additional Tuning Related Sites

What is the difference between Consonance & Dissonance?

A Tour Up The Harmonic Series – a thorough introduction to this complex subject in relation to its impact on tuning systems.

String Harmonics – basics.

Harmonics – basics.

Harmonic Series Wheel – description of the classic Exploratorium interactive that allows a user to create a composite tone from 16 different sound sources.