docs(website/learn/xen): discussed strumming

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@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export const SIDEBAR: Sidebar = {
Understand: [
{ text: 'Coding syntax', link: 'learn/code' },
{ text: 'Pitch', link: 'understand/pitch' },
{ text: 'Xen Harmonic Functions', link: 'learn/xen' },
{ text: 'Cycles', link: 'understand/cycles' },
{ text: 'Voicings', link: 'understand/voicings' },
{ 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:
.mul("<c3 d3 c#3>".fmap(getFreq))
.freq().clip(.5).room(1).rfade(9)`}
/>
Another helpful trick when exploring new tunings is to strum them.
Many have a much more enchanting sound that was chosen over many generations of musicians for being strummed.
Take the `sanza` tuning:
<MiniRepl
client:idle
tune={`"4 5 6 7 8 9".tune("sanza")
.mul(getFreq('c3'))
.freq()`}
/>
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.
See how close they are on the pitch wheel?
<MiniRepl
client:idle
tune={`"[7 9]!3".tune("sanza").mul(getFreq('c3')).freq()._pitchwheel()`}
/>
This quality is often due to how the tunings were formed with instruments that were played differently than a piano.
As such, some tunings are much better strummed, with the subtle clash of the detuned notes actually making the sound much more magical:
<MiniRepl
client:idle
tune={`"[0 1 2 3 4 5 6]@0.3 -"
.transpose("<2 5 8 1>")
.tune("sanza")
.mul(getFreq('c3')).freq()
.legato("3").room(1).rfade(5)`}
/>
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
tones sound even more alive, too.
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.