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docs(website/learn/xen): discussed strumming
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@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export const SIDEBAR: Sidebar = {
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Understand: [
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{ text: 'Coding syntax', link: 'learn/code' },
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{ text: 'Pitch', link: 'understand/pitch' },
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{ text: 'Xen Harmonic Functions', link: 'learn/xen' },
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{ text: 'Cycles', link: 'understand/cycles' },
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{ text: 'Voicings', link: 'understand/voicings' },
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{ text: 'Pattern Alignment', link: 'technical-manual/alignment' },
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@@ -62,3 +62,39 @@ Combining this with various polyrhythm tricks can become very evocative:
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.mul("<c3 d3 c#3>".fmap(getFreq))
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.freq().clip(.5).room(1).rfade(9)`}
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/>
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Another helpful trick when exploring new tunings is to strum them.
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Many have a much more enchanting sound that was chosen over many generations of musicians for being strummed.
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Take the `sanza` tuning:
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<MiniRepl
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client:idle
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tune={`"4 5 6 7 8 9".tune("sanza")
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.mul(getFreq('c3'))
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.freq()`}
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/>
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Notes 7 and 9 will clash quite a bit if you arp them normally. Many tunings will have this sort of sound, and it can feel distracting on its own.
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See how close they are on the pitch wheel?
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<MiniRepl
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client:idle
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tune={`"[7 9]!3".tune("sanza").mul(getFreq('c3')).freq()._pitchwheel()`}
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/>
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This quality is often due to how the tunings were formed with instruments that were played differently than a piano.
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As such, some tunings are much better strummed, with the subtle clash of the detuned notes actually making the sound much more magical:
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<MiniRepl
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client:idle
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tune={`"[0 1 2 3 4 5 6]@0.3 -"
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.transpose("<2 5 8 1>")
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.tune("sanza")
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.mul(getFreq('c3')).freq()
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.legato("3").room(1).rfade(5)`}
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/>
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Note the legato and reverb effects make sure the sound of the strumming gets to wash together. Alternating the direction of the strum can make the
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tones sound even more alive, too.
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The `tranh3` tuning has a similar set of notes, with two clashing. You might trying plugging that in above and see if you find a favorite strumming pattern.
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