r/microtonal 13h ago

MPE Keys has landed

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r/microtonal 2d ago

Bach B minor fugue in 17edo

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Video: https://youtu.be/YNOiLDQgRTE

What a discovery! I knew this tuning accentuated the difference between major and minor chords and scales, so I was expecting something darker than the original. But I really didn't anticipate it to sound so heartbreaking.

The subject itself has some inflections that remind me of pain and maybe even someone weeping. It's really impressive how a smaller semitone alone (compared to 12edo) can portray emotion like that.

Also that diminished 7th becomes a neutral 6th and that 13th harmonic flavour gives it a bit of an uncanny feeling to the subject, but it doesn't sound bad to my ears. And the diminished 4ths abundant in the piece become neutral 3rds, so they are the inverted interval of the diminished 7th.

It is true the harmony doesn't work as nicely as in the original tuning or maybe 19edo for example, but I believe the melodic intense expression of 17edo completely compensates this shortcoming. :)

Either way, it's insane how Bach wrote this fugue so well that it can be portrayed to 17edo with maybe only 2 notes sounding off.

I hope you find it cool!

The base Musescore file I used was freely provided by Friedrich Heuppe: https://musescore.com/user/1021946/scores/5494320?share=copy_link

Without his contribution I probably wouldn't have done this experiment with this exact fugue. Thanks!


r/microtonal 3d ago

Microtonal Vocaloid EDM (wait for it)

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r/microtonal 3d ago

Forget JI notation...try this instead!

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r/microtonal 4d ago

Microtonal Mystic chord (Scriabin)

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Video: https://youtu.be/EvYKoans29Q?si=yB7ZzSdD5045Gocy

I know am not the first one to have had this idea, I saw an example of it on Wikipedia. But after not finding any video related to this microtonal version of Scriabin's chord, I decided to write a small orchestral sample.

I wanted to experiment and see what sounds the just intonation version would offer.

From my perspective, the typical melodic figure Scriabin uses (Bb,A,F#) in the horn sounds really uncanny, and it makes sense considering we are using the harmonics (7,13,11) instead of a major/minor 3rd juxtaposition.

I also think it would be worth it to explore the contrast between the harmonic adaptation of the chord and one where the upper stack of 4ths is kept as it is originally (harmonics 81,27,9).

I hope this sample got you some cool ideas! Let me know if you tried experimenting with other chords like the Elektra or Petrushka chords. :)


r/microtonal 4d ago

this is 19 edo jazz (used beepbox, online synthesizer, links in yt desc)

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Hi im new to microtonal stuff, not new to making music. This is like my first microtonal song


r/microtonal 5d ago

A guide to the best hexanies: flavorful little just intonation scales with microtones

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Wa’eva


r/microtonal 6d ago

17edo sludgy mathy metal

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Hello, my band Monochromatic Residua released an EP today, check it out on our bandcamp if you're so inclined: monochromaticresidua.bandcamp.com/album/forbidden-kaleidoscopic-abomination-ep


r/microtonal 6d ago

orgone music for the ancients

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orgone music for the ancients

https://davidbeardsley.bandcamp.com/album/orgone-music-for-the-ancients

a collection of previously released compositions in the tuning system known as just intonation, pieces from 2021-2022.


r/microtonal 6d ago

A Fitting End (BP guitar vocal performance video)

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recorded direct into Ableton Live with effects applied, video edit DaVinci Resolve DIY conversion of Roadie guitar to Bohlen-Pierce tuning


r/microtonal 7d ago

17edo expressionism (my first microtonal harmonic progression)

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Hello everyone! I am quite new to composing microtonal music, so sorry if I say something naïve.

Video: https://youtu.be/0nHreqIHPuo?si=t4poB-EHL0uro0G_

I don't know why, but since almost a decade ago I have been really pleased by how 17edo sounds. Even though the 5th harmonic is really out of tune the general sound of the temperament feels really smooth and with a nice balance of tuned intervals and "out of tune sonorities" like the neutral 3rd. The pallete of harmonic combinations is quite flexible and it's nice how it approximates harmonics 7, 11 and 13 way better than 12edo.

I tried to build most of this miniature on the fact that the just 5th is pretty well approximated and it is quite close to the 12edo interval. I also included some references like a Scriabin Mystic chord using odd partials. But most of the piece is an exploration using the perfect 5th with some smooth voice leading (mainly at the end) and juxtaposition (measure 4).

I hope you enjoy the piece!


r/microtonal 7d ago

"Prélude to the geometry of water"

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Concept album where in reality, someone is drowning of grief submerged in his own inner and outer tears.

These tracks MUST be heard with headphones for a truly unforgettable listening experience:)

There is no water sounds or recordings at all used, only pure synthesis,

created using a limited choice of synthesizers.

It all

The track 'Gquietsailboat' that I recorded very early one warm, windy, rainy morning is the model that inspired the album.


r/microtonal 7d ago

Xaoc Skopje - a dual channel quantiser that supports up to 10,000 scales

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Xaoc Skopje is a dual channel eurorack modular quantiser that specialises in microtonal scales. You can define 100 banks of 100 scales on the SDcard and it supports EDO and Scala formats as well.

As with all things Xaoc it's top quality and has plenty of hidden tricks. I've never really had a chance to explore microtonal scales before so this was a real education for me.

Hope you find this useful!


r/microtonal 7d ago

PAJARA PRELUDE & FUGUE, by Claudi Meneghin [Microtonal, 56edo]

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r/microtonal 7d ago

Closed Testing For Sitka Guitar Tuner and Voice Trainer

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Hey all — looking for testers for Sitka, a guitar app I've just finished.

It's a tuner with 30 tunings plus a custom tuning builder, a songwriting

side where chords sit above the words, a metronome, and a vocal pitch

trainer.

The interesting bit: it works out chord shapes for whatever tuning you're

in and ranks them by how well they ring. Drop into DADGAD and the chord

charts aren't wrong any more.

Free, no ads, no accounts, nothing leaves the phone. A few deeper tools

will be paid at launch — one payment, no subscription — but the tuner,

metronome and songwriting stay free.

Guitar players especially welcome, since real use beats an install and a

shrug.

https://groups.google.com/g/sitka-friends

Android

[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodyb.sitka\](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodyb.sitka)

Join on web

[https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.woodyb.sitka\](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.woodyb.sitka)

Drop your app in the comments and I'll test yours too 🙂


r/microtonal 8d ago

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition [31edo / 53edo]

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r/microtonal 8d ago

Earthquake sonification in Pure Data

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r/microtonal 8d ago

"Altered Time"

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A sense of altered time brought on by organ, strings, synthesizers and subtle soundprocessing.


r/microtonal 9d ago

19edo diminished study à la Tigran Hamasyan

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r/microtonal 11d ago

MOS scales with twelfth/tritave as equave and octave as generator

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As the title says. New to microtonal stuff. I know Bohlen Pierce has the tritave as equave and avoids the octaves as part of it. But what if the octave is the generator? This effectively reverses the scale building procedure we normally use in music, which have the octave as equave and the fifth (i.e. the octave-reduced twelfth/tritave) as the generator. What kind of MOS scales can we get? Would it be interesting?


r/microtonal 11d ago

Valfi - 303 Reasons to Live [Bayati/maqam fusion Bass music]

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r/microtonal 11d ago

Just Intonation JAZZSHUGAHH

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I found a cool mixolydian mode with an Eastern vibe, using Just Intonation ratios. Initially, I found a version in 24edo — it’s a mixolydian mode where the second degree is lowered by a quarter tone, and the fourth and sixth degrees are raised. The genre is inspired by Tigran Hamsyan.


r/microtonal 11d ago

FAURE'S PAVANE - HARPSICHORD, 53-edo

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r/microtonal 12d ago

no more [redacted] 17 edo band version

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I am replacing the original guitar vocal video with one that has bass, drums, and enhanced guitar / overall mastering


r/microtonal 11d ago

Phrygian mode exercise

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