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*Early period: Throat-singing, natural horns, monochords lead to knowledge of higher harmonics; mainly overtone scales | *Early period: Throat-singing, natural horns, monochords lead to knowledge of higher harmonics; mainly overtone scales | ||
*Classical period: Tsáhóng Tamdí's treatise ''Elements of Harmony'' is published, | *Classical period: Tsáhóng Tamdí's treatise ''Elements of Harmony'' is published, beginning the search for the "optimal" JI scale. ~> tonality diamonds, n-anies and Partchian scales? | ||
*Medieval: more ppl are composing; development in non-tuning aspects of music such as forms; emergence of opera; more instrumental; instruments start to assume modern form. music mostly sounds "sweet" at this time. | *Medieval: more ppl are composing; development in non-tuning aspects of music such as forms; emergence of opera; more instrumental; instruments start to assume modern form. music mostly sounds "sweet" at this time. | ||
*"Romantic" period: freer use of expressive "dissonant" harmony; longer music and larger orchestras; higher-limit (occasionally 17-limit) harmony is a given; ppl abandon "scales" | *"Romantic" period: freer use of expressive "dissonant" harmony; longer music and larger orchestras; higher-limit (occasionally 17-limit) harmony is a given; ppl abandon "scales" | ||