I finally managed to produce a full microtonal track that I'm happy with. It was described as trippy but wonderful by the test audience. Each instrument gets their own Carlos Beta scale separated by pure octaves so the track has a 19EDO vibe to it.

Watch the animated version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FFDjrfMA_h0

Orchid - Carlos Beta microtonal 10/16 beat

This song is based on the calendar year of 2021. The falling melody-line follows the subharmonic series starting from 1/4 and resets every month with one day corresponding to one beat. The pitch is tied to the tempo so the melody can be conceived to vibrate every 4 minutes, then every 5 minutes and so on.
The harmony follows the subharmonic series as well, but with octave equivalence to fill the available pitch space more evenly. Cymbal crashes are timed to holidays.

Check out the music video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CdEVKmkDGn4

Calendar (Subharmonic series microtonal 7/8 beat)

This song was created to explore the harmonic possibilities of Blackwood[15] realized as Rank 2 temperament (5/3, 5\1). The 5edo subsets offer new opportunities for modulation and the pure major sixth evokes a familiar diatonic sound even if not generated by the fifths.

The piece opens with an easy 12 bar blues-like melody and modulates once before plunging into descending shepard tone harmony with no intended key center. The beat is structured around one quarter note and a quarter note triplet in 3/4 time. In the latter part the triplet is moved to the front of the bar emphasizing a 9/8 short-short-short-long feel.

Watch the music video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DHQFTAPM8BE

Conjugate - Blackwood[15] microtonal 3/4 beat

I began working on this song while taking a break from analyzing Gleam for a YouTube video. I didn't take it too seriously and and decided to add some MIDI art for visualization purposes (music video coming soon) which is why some of the background melodies sound weird.

The song is mostly in the Orgone[7] subset of 11edo, but still takes full advantage of the available chromaticism. The lead solo during the 6/8 part was played live but heavily edited afterwards.

Current - Orgone[7] (11-tone microtonal) 4/4 and 6/8 beats

My submission for Sevish's Discord server's Microtonal Awareness Day 7/4 challenge.

MOS: 3L 4s (Mosh)
Tuning: 10edo (basic)
Mode: LsLsLss (Dril)

Artwork remixed from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perca_fluviatilis-female_Siverskiy_Donets_River_Ukraine.jpg
Original Photo by: http://www-zoology.univer.kharkov.ua/Personal/gennadiy.htm

Dril Bitt [10edo]

Just a simple track in 14 equal divisions of the octave. The 14/16 time signature gets chopped into 7+7, 4+4+4+(2) and 5+5+5-(1).

Heuristic - 14ed2 - 14/16 beat

It's my first time using microtonal vocals. I hope you enjoy this haunting track!
The scale is mostly a 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 (smitonic) subset of 15ed2.

== Lyrics: ==

Haunted by your -
haunted by your voice.

Ooh, I feel you inside of my bones.
- in my bones.
Ooh, I don't think I'm ever alone.
- all alone.
Haunted by your -
haunted by your voice,
in my mind.
Ooh, I can't find the strength of my own.

And I keep running in the dark to find a way out.
I don't need you.
Praying to the Moon: "Just take me home!"
"Just take me home!"
"Just take me some place in the night where I can finally disappear."
Praying to the Moon to take me home.
"Just take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"

Ooh, Everything around me is cold.
(everything around me is cold)
Growing colder.
Ooh, Follow you wherever you go.
(follow you wherever you go)
Broken by your -
Broken by your love.
(broken by your love every time)
Every time.
Ooh, Tell me how you're letting me go.
(tell me how you're letting me go)

And I keep running in the dark to find a way out.
I don't need you.
Praying to the Moon: "Just take me home!"
"Just take me home!"
"Just take me some place in the night where I can finally disappear."
Praying to the Moon to take me home.
"Just take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"
"Take me home!"

Haunted by Your Voice

Just some glitchy silliness in 13ed2.
Cover image generated using Midjourney.

YouTube link with more AI generated images: https://youtu.be/GBwRuGx4xNQ

BADLUCK.EXE - 13EDO

Tuning: 13ed3 (BP)
The vocals are fragments of Kikuyu.
Illustrations generated using Midjourney.
Check out the music video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0lCQxrDy4Z8

Alien Sonic Anarchy - Bohlen-Pierce Drum&Bass

The tuning is a harmonic series segment repeated at the fifth 3/2.

In Scala format:
10/9
7/6
11/9
4/3
13/9
3/2

Harm's Way - Xenharmonic Dubstep

Mostly in the sLLLsLLL "incubus" mode or hard ekic.

Galloping Nightmares [20edo]

Something I whipped up in a few hours.
Not super happy about the key changes and general composition, but I'm trying to practice "done" instead of "perfect" (it's always a little painful).

The cover image "Fractals Geometric Pattern" by Dilshan R Jayakody is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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