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This is a microtonal, electronic piece I finished in Febuary of 2009.&nbsp; It is was my first attempt at creating a microtonal piece that modulates.&nbsp; I submitted the piece to my electronic music class, taught by Peter Elsea, that I was taking at the time.&nbsp; Here is the caption I included with it:
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This piece was arranged in Logic 8.&nbsp; The purpose of this piece was to develop a method for realizing micro-tonal compositions.&nbsp; Logic allows you to set your own tuning in the global song settings, but this was insufficient for my purposes.&nbsp; I needed to be able to set more than twelve tones for the whole, due to the fact that the piece modulates and I wanted to avoid wolf intervals.&nbsp; Adaptive tuning was also out of the question since I wanted to have greater control.&nbsp; The tuning for this piece does not function simply as a effect but as an integral part of the compositional organization.&nbsp; I found a reaktor patch on the internet that I have included on the CD that allows you to tune each note within the octave.&nbsp; To be able to modulate I just had multiple instruments tuned differently.&nbsp; While this method was fast and easy it has two drawbacks.&nbsp; The sound of the patch is limited and Reaktor uses a lot of resources, limiting the number of tracks possible.&nbsp; For my next project I plan to use Kyma tuned to 53-tone temperament. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The title, 80 to 81, comes from the fact that piece begins and ends on "C", only a syntonic comma below (80:81).
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Because the class was focused on computer music, my included description focused on the technical aspect rather than compositional.&nbsp; The basic idea behind the piece was to write a piece that employed some kind of modal modulation (taught to me by Alluadin Mathieu) and was completely in tune.&nbsp; To begin, I chose a mode I liked to improvise in, which is a Bairavi like scale (mi2,maj3,n4,n5,mi6,mi7).&nbsp; I then chose where I wanted to go.&nbsp; Once I decided on what modes and what pitches I would use, I set up my computer to accommodate this and then began composing.&nbsp; Here I will include a chart I made showing the notes I decided to use in lattice orientation.&nbsp; Going vertically shows major 3rds (going up is 5/4 of the note below it).&nbsp; Going down diagonally to the left shows perfect 5ths (going down 5ths is 2/3).&nbsp; Here is the chart:
<a title="80to81lattice by djwilson1, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53335768@N06/4925192535/"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4925192535_1497a5e695.jpg" alt="80to81lattice" height="373" width="500" /></a>
Where there is a notes that has a prime higher than 5, I indicated with a little bubble).&nbsp; The greyed out notes are notes included in the scale and the blue notes with an asterisk are the key centers.
Here is a key to how the lattice follows the piece:
0:00 - 1:25 --&gt; I.
1:26 - 1:55 --&gt; II.
1:56 - 2:26 --&gt; III.
2:26 - 2:49 --&gt; IV.
Hope you enjoyed my first post!

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