This report deals with the topic music, and explains the underlying theory that the tone scales and musical notation used today are based on. The Western world has standardized a system in which an octave is divided into twelve parts. But a division in 19 parts has been put forth as an interesting alternative. This 19 tone scale is the main focus of this report and a comparative study between it and the 12 tone scale is carried out. To this end the music programming language ChucK is used. Also, as a part of this study, an instrument prototype is implemented. The results show that the two tone scales can be considered equivalent, thus making a switch from the 12 tone scale to the 19 tone scale unjustified.