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Which MIDI instruments are best for intonation studies?

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I'm not sure but the following seem to be pretty good:

\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"reed organ" % #"lead 2"

Fifth (many repeats)

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\language "english" \relative c\transpose c c'' 
{\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"reed organ" \key c\major \time 4/4 \tempo "" 4 = 120
c,1 c,1 g,1 g,1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
  <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
  <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
  <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
  <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
 <c,g,>2 c, g, c, r1 r1 r1 r1
}
|}

Major Sixth M6

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%DEF \language "english" \relative c\transpose c c'' {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"reed organ" \key c\major \time 4/4 \tempo "" 4 = 80 %END
      \language "english" \relative c\transpose c c'' {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"reed organ" \key c\major \time 4/4 \tempo "" 4 = 80 

c,1 a,1 a,1 c,1 <a,c,> c,16 d, e, f, g, a, a,8 a,16 g, f, e, d, c, c,8
% stop or repeat passage

}
%DEF \language "english" \relative c\transpose c c'' {\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"reed organ" \key c\major \time 4/4 \tempo "" 4 = 80 %END
Free singing lessons/Major sixth M6

Four octave scale (labeled)

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 { \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff <<\new Voice  
\relative c'' 
{  \clef treble
    r1 r1
    r8_"261.16"  c,8^"c'" d8 e f g a_"440"^"a'" b
     c4^"c''"_"523.25" d8 e f g a b
     c1^"c'''"_"1046.5"
     
 } \new Staff \relative c { \clef bass                % treble-bass transition
   c,4_"C=c,"^"65.406" d8 e f g a b
     c4_"c"^"130.81" d8 e f g a b
     c_"c' is repeated" r8 r4 r2 r1 r1
         
} >> >> }                           % close
This code was not written to facilitate easy transposition. Instead use the unlabeled version.
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Four octave scale

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\language "english" \relative c{ \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff <<\new Voice 

\transpose c c 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE

{\clef treble \key c \major r1 r1 | r8  c' d'8 e' f' g' a' b' | c''4 d''8 e'' f'' g'' a'' b'' | c'''1 |r1} \new Staff 

\transpose c c 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE

{ \clef bass  \key c \major  c,4 d,8 e, f, g, a, b, | c4 d8 e f g a b | c' r8 r4 r2 r1 | r1 |c,1} >> >> }       
% close
\transpose c c 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE

Free singing lessons/Song list/Four octave scale

example

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\language "english" \relative c{ \new ChoirStaff << \new Staff <<\new Voice 

\transpose c d 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE

{\clef treble \key c \major r1 r1 | r8  c' d'8 e' f' g' a' b' | c''4 d''8 e'' f'' g'' a'' b'' | c'''1 |r1} \new Staff 

\transpose c d 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE

{ \clef bass  \key c \major  c,4 d,8 e, f, g, a, b, | c4 d8 e f g a b | c' r8 r4 r2 r1 | r1 |c,1} >> >> }       
% close
\transpose c d 
% \transpose c c IS DEFAULT: CHANGE TO c d TWICE