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Alternative Tunings: Theory, Notation and Practice (309 page book, part tuning theory primer, part alt-tuner manual)
The primer is a work in progress. Last updated October 24, 2016.


Notation Guide for Edos 5-72 (58-page pdf, excerpted from the book, source files here and here)


Notation Guide for Just Intonation (xenwiki article, 8 pages)


Pergens webpage (xenwiki article on a new way to think of rank-2 temperaments, 25 pages)


Pergens pdf (a slightly outdated version in pdf form)


Notation Guide for Rank-2 Pergens (33-page pdf, covers 53 pergens, source spreadsheet here)


The Kite Guitar (xenwiki webpage with photos, articles and links)


The Kite Guitar (16-page pdf from May 2019 with technical info)


Adaptive JI and Adaptive Tuning Explained (brief 2-page article, covers use of alt-tuner)


Sagittal JI Notation translated to Color Notation (1-page image)


Extended HE Notation translated to Color Notation (2-page pdf)


Stern-Brocot scale tree covering the entire octave, for edos 2-41 (pdf, jpeg and png, source spreadsheet here)


Stern-Brocot scale tree covering the entire octave, for ratios up to integer limit 41 (pdf, source spreadsheet here)


The Echo Demo (1-page article on a handy recording technique)


The Chord / Scale Dictionary (comprehensive list of all chords and scales in conventional tuning)
The dictionary is a work in progress.