r/microtonal 1h ago

MOS scale notation in different languages

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I have seen many types of notation on Xenharmonic Wiki, such as oneirotonic scales going J, K, L etc, as well as Bohlen-Pierce scales having extra H and J notes. But they are all for the English language. So how about other languages?

In languages using the German system, the note B natural is called H, and the note B flat is called B. Flats are called "-es" and and sharps are called "-is". So I propose the following scale for Bohlen-Pierce:

C C♯/D♭ D E F F♯/G♭ G H H♯/J♭ J A A♯/B♭ B C

C Cis/Des D E F Fis/Ges G I Is/Jes J A Ais/B H C

Because the letter H is already used for B natural, we have to use I for H natural instead.

The fixed do system is a bit more tricky, because notes have entirely different names. However, here is how I manage it:

C D E F G H J A B C

do re mi fa sol nu ve la si do

In Japanese and Korean, note names are taken from the Iroha (a poem) and the ganada order (the alphabetical order in the Korean alphabet). This is easy to implement for more notes:

C D E F G H J A B C

ハニホヘトチリイロハ

ha ni ho he to chi ri i ro ha

다라마바사자차가나다

da ra ma ba sa ja cha ga na da

The notes 'nu' and 've' come from the eighth and ninth lines of the hymn 'Ut queant laxis', which is where the fixed do system comes from.

Now for oneirotonic mos scales. For the German, Japanese and Korean systems, we can simply model off the English system:

J Jis/Kes K L Lis/Mes M Mis/Nes N O Ois/Pes P Q Qis/Jes J

J K L M N O P Q J

リヌルヲワカヨタリ

ri nu ru wo wa ka yo ta ri

아자차카타파하싸아

a ja cha ka ta pa ha ssa a

However, for the fixed do system, we take note names from other lines of 'Ut queant laxis':

J K L M N O P Q J

fo no se du per mo ge ve fo

What are your thoughts on my systems of translating non-diatonic note names into other languages?


r/microtonal 2h ago

Chopin - Nocturne op 9 n.2, tuned into 31-edo

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r/microtonal 2d ago

Cmon, lets angagn again!: Angagn Yeein (2.3.7.13.29 JI)

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r/microtonal 2d ago

Can subharmonic rhythm help reveal tuning transitions?

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I think it's kind of xenharmonic splittercore.
At first, I was just trying to enhance harmonic transitions by adding a synchronized rhythmic layer to the tones (around 10 Hz), hoping it would make the shifts easier to perceive.
Then I experimented with pushing the vibe more toward hardcore (possibly influenced by a recent surprise encounter with Bengal's Soundclash).

Still working within 12edo–19edo.
Both audio and visuals were made using cs-rationals: https://github.com/bntre/cs-rationals


r/microtonal 2d ago

You can now load 2 sounds and duet on my Browser-Based Microtonal Isomorphic Hex Keyboard

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https://reddit.com/link/1jrdych/video/52yg6un71use1/player

@ https://www.handsearseyes.fun/Ears/HexKeyboard/HexKeyboard.php . The 2nd instrument, once loaded, is played using the right mouse button or if you play via keyboard, by pressing SHIFT as you play with the other hand...

Just as when I first made the Keyboard play something else than quarter-tones, programming this feature took me under 30min and not lots of complicated thinking, whereas 2 days ago, I took most of the day to add an emergency button to use whenever the sound loading process jams without reaching 100%, or fiddled over 2 hours to get those red plush AI-Generated numbers to show the decimals of the percentage of audio samples loaded in the site's Microtonal Ear Trainer...


r/microtonal 2d ago

MonoNeon With David Fiuczynski’s KiF Trio, Micro School Walk

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Found this video of microtonal funk being played at NYC winter jazz festival with David Fiuczynski’s KiF trio and MonoNeon. Love the interaction between bassists and the guitarist David Fiuczynski has 2 necks for playing micro

Player credits:

David Fiuczynski: Fretless Guitar MonoNeon/Anderson Mirafzali: Fretless Bass Jonathon Birch: Drums


r/microtonal 4d ago

[31EDO] A Different Path For The 20th Century, by Fabian Vallon (6 track album)

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(i'm the composer, feel free to post feedback)


r/microtonal 4d ago

benyamind - Q | chorale in 31-tone

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r/microtonal 4d ago

Probably my best scale demo video to date (53-EDO Kleismic-11) - Don't miss out!

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https://reddit.com/link/1jpet4r/video/suuglrye6cse1/player

Ready-made improvisation-based (okay, and quite edited) composition (did I compose anything?). A new standard of quality to aim for from now on (like I've just figured I could also move up and down while playing melodies)... This is scheduled to be posted to sharing platforms on April 6th...

This one yields a lot of dissonances for sure : I lose the "sense of the octave" when playing it up and down : I have the impression we're not back at the root again due to how the scale evolves on the harmonic continuum,and I don't recall of a single other scale that played it so hard on my hearing compass.

Moreover, I've set up the Keyboard so that jumping down a row sounds tritones. All the 28 chords played sound diminished to at least some extent, and I've kept only the least clashing of them : that's probably the result of the said tritones and me spacing my fingers from what mostly produces minor 3rds, on 2 different rows... That said, the contrapuntal part of me improvising, starting qt 1m08s, best shows off the scale's compelling weirdness imo...


r/microtonal 5d ago

Came in the mail today

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r/microtonal 5d ago

My professionally performed microtonal Mahler piece: Oobleck, composed at the start of my chronic illness

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r/microtonal 6d ago

Prismflake [JI Color Bass]

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Finally getting around to using the 7th harmonic.


r/microtonal 5d ago

How do you usually notate 13edo music?

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19 votes, 2d ago
1 Subset of 26edo
2 Like 12edo with added E#/Fb
1 8 note scale, written as ABCDEFGH
5 8 note scale, written as JKLMNOPQ
2 Other (comment below)
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r/microtonal 6d ago

Little harmonics/JI solo

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15 Upvotes

Yes i used (19) / (4/34) as 5/3 , but what else could i do; can this problem ever be solved? At least it adds some dissonance.


r/microtonal 6d ago

Irregular interval micro/macro tuning experiments w/ non-linear curves

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r/microtonal 6d ago

Does anyone know which of Danielou’s books on Indian ragas represents each raga as a sequence of whole number ratios? The ones I have use standard notation only.

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r/microtonal 6d ago

guitar into fx with pitch shifting delay creating cascading just minor thirds.

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Just experimenting with patch i made, but this might fit in some sci fi soundtrack.

Esp like the last 4 minutes...

https://soundcloud.com/zuffemils/fm9u_250312


r/microtonal 9d ago

24 EDO "microtonal" MIDI controller from an old PS/2 keyboard and Arduino UNO. The semi-colored keys are quarter notes. Made it a year ago. Thought I'd share :)

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r/microtonal 9d ago

Sauej (2.3.7.13.29 JI)

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r/microtonal 10d ago

Why Can't I Load Tuning Files?

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r/microtonal 11d ago

Exploring just intonation and temperaments with Rationals Explorer

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Hey everyone! I recently wrapped up a small project called Rationals Explorer - a tool for visualizing harmonic spaces based on rational tunings.
It's not a big polished release, just something I built to better explore and understand the geometry of just intonation and its tempered variants.
Thought some of you here might appreciate it or find it useful:
https://github.com/bntre/cs-rationals/blob/master/RationalsExplorer.md

The video shows how the harmonic space transforms when tempering out the syntonic comma and diesis (81/80 & 128/125) gradually moving toward 12edo, and then again when tempering out the syntonic comma and a small diesis (81/80 & 3125/3072) heading toward 19edo.


r/microtonal 11d ago

A track I made using chords with just intonation

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r/microtonal 11d ago

Acoustic instruments

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Does anyone here use acoustic instruments or make their own (ala Harry Partch)? Curious.


r/microtonal 11d ago

Is it possible to make microtonal music in FL Studio Mobile on ios? +Infos on Entonal Studio Mobile?

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I do work with FL Studio on my PC but I am not gonna be home for a while and only have access to FL Studio mobile on my tablet.

I did discover the "Entonal Studio" app, haven't bought it yet tho. Does anyone know more about it? (I'm assuming it is probably just the standalone version of entonal studio, and that I won't be able to do much with it alone). //sidenote, I have never used entonal studio before, I just watched some videos about the pc version.

If any of you people reading this have some experience with microtonal music on ios, I'd be so happy if you'd share any kind of advice you've got for me :)


r/microtonal 12d ago

international cake day - 19ji

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