Topic: Some 23-EDO Stuff

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File Description Notes Period (ยข)
igs Seven notes of myna in 89et 7 1200.0
myna23_makemicromusic_27704_27727 Myna[23] in 89et tuning 23 1200.0

Thread (13 messages)

From: cityoftheasleep (2011-04-19)
Subject: Some 23-EDO Stuff

Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM

They're just rough little improvs, they don't really go anywhere, but they do give a fair impression of some of the moods of these scales.  In order, the scales I used are:

3343334, 5225252, 3335333, and 5151515.  The first is a form of Mavila temperament, but it's very different in character from 16-EDO.  I like this version better, actually...it feels more consonant.  The second is sort of a cross-breed of Dicot and Father, where the generator is a very flat major 3rd and two of them form a very sharp fifth.  It's improper and that leads to some pretty interesting consequences, like a minor 3rd being a 9/8 while the major 2nd is a 7/6.  The third is superficially reminiscent of Porcupine[7] but the harmonies are very different--two generators is still a 6/5, but four is either a 10/7 or a 13/9 (depending on your mood) instead of a 16/11, five is an 11/7 instead of 8/5, and 6 is a 12/7 instead of a 7/4.  The fourth scale is maybe Myna temperament, maybe not (depending on whether you're listening to Graham Breed or Paul Erlich).  The generator is a 6/5 and two of them gets you a 10/7, but the approximations to the 3rd and 5th harmonics are, uh, "questionable".  I don't know why anyone would use it for full 7-limit harmony but it's pretty solid as a 2.5/3.7/3 subgroup.  The scale itself is pretty out-there, though...it sounds kind of like two diminished chords tuned a quarter-tone apart, but I kind of love the shimmering "double minor" effect of playing a 6/5 and a 7/6 simultaneously.

Well, enjoy!  (Or not)

-Igs
From: Jake Freivald (2011-04-19)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

Igs,

I know these were just designed to "give a fair impression of some of 
the moods of these scales", but they were really good and interesting. 
Thanks for posting them. I especially liked the second one.

Regards,
Jake

> Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating 
> some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM
>
[snip]


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From: Chris Vaisvil (2011-04-19)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

I like the last one best myself.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:24 PM, cityoftheasleep
<igliashon@...>wrote:

>
>
> Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating some
> of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
From: genewardsmith (2011-04-19)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Chris Vaisvil <chrisvaisvil@...> wrote:
>
> I like the last one best myself.

Same here, and I was wondering what it would sound in in other versions of Myna[7], presuming I can call this a version of Myna[7].
From: Herman Miller (2011-04-20)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

On 4/18/2011 10:24 PM, cityoftheasleep wrote:
> Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel
> demonstrating some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in
> 23-EDO.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM

Nice use of a tuning that doesn't get much attention (and usually as a 
mavila temperament when it does).

> They're just rough little improvs, they don't really go anywhere, but
> they do give a fair impression of some of the moods of these scales.
> In order, the scales I used are:
>
> 3343334, 5225252, 3335333, and 5151515.  The first is a form of
> Mavila temperament, but it's very different in character from 16-EDO.
> I like this version better, actually...it feels more consonant.  The
> second is sort of a cross-breed of Dicot and Father, where the
> generator is a very flat major 3rd and two of them form a very sharp
> fifth.  It's improper and that leads to some pretty interesting
> consequences, like a minor 3rd being a 9/8 while the major 2nd is a
> 7/6.  The third is superficially reminiscent of Porcupine[7] but the
> harmonies are very different--two generators is still a 6/5, but four
> is either a 10/7 or a 13/9 (depending on your mood) instead of a
> 16/11, five is an 11/7 instead of 8/5, and 6 is a 12/7 instead of a
> 7/4.  The fourth scale is maybe Myna temperament, maybe not
> (depending on whether you're listening to Graham Breed or Paul
> Erlich).  The generator is a 6/5 and two of them gets you a 10/7, but
> the approximations to the 3rd and 5th harmonics are, uh,!
> "questionable".  I don't know why anyone would use it for full
> 7-limit harmony but it's pretty solid as a 2.5/3.7/3 subgroup.  The
> scale itself is pretty out-there, though...it sounds kind of like two
> diminished chords tuned a quarter-tone apart, but I kind of love the
> shimmering "double minor" effect of playing a 6/5 and a 7/6
> simultaneously.

Essentially in the fourth scale you're tempering out 126/125, so it's a 
starling temperament of some kind. Keemun also fits your description, 
and it's simpler than myna. 7/6, 6/5, and 10/7 are mapped the same in 
keemun and myna, but 5/4 and 3/2 are more reasonably mapped for 23-edo.
From: Carl Lumma (2011-04-20)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

Love the format and enjoyed the tunes.  Thanks for putting
it together.  -Carl

At 07:24 PM 4/18/2011, you wrote:
>Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating 
>some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.  
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM
>
>They're just rough little improvs, they don't really go anywhere, but 
>they do give a fair impression of some of the moods of these scales.  
>In order, the scales I used are:
>
>3343334, 5225252, 3335333, and 5151515.  The first is a form of Mavila 
>temperament, but it's very different in character from 16-EDO.  I like 
>this version better, actually...it feels more consonant.  The second 
>is sort of a cross-breed of Dicot and Father, where the generator is a 
>very flat major 3rd and two of them form a very sharp fifth.  It's 
>improper and that leads to some pretty interesting consequences, like 
>a minor 3rd being a 9/8 while the major 2nd is a 7/6.  The third is 
>superficially reminiscent of Porcupine[7] but the harmonies are very 
>different--two generators is still a 6/5, but four is either a 10/7 or 
>a 13/9 (depending on your mood) instead of a 16/11, five is an 11/7 
>instead of 8/5, and 6 is a 12/7 instead of a 7/4.  The fourth scale is 
>maybe Myna temperament, maybe not (depending on whether you're 
>listening to Graham Breed or Paul Erlich).  The generator is a 6/5 and 
>two of them gets you a 10/7, but the approximations to the 3rd and 5th 
>harmonics are, uh, "questionable".  I don't know why anyone would use 
>it for full 7-limit harmony but it's pretty solid as a 2.5/3.7/3 
>subgroup.  The scale itself is pretty out-there, though...it sounds 
>kind of like two diminished chords tuned a quarter-tone apart, but I 
>kind of love the shimmering "double minor" effect of playing a 6/5 and 
>a 7/6 simultaneously.
>
>Well, enjoy!  (Or not)
>
>-Igs
>
From: manuphonic (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: Some 23-EDO Stuff

Hi Igs. I liked this a lot & shared it on Facebook, where a couple of musicians I know began asking about the instrumentation. What'd you play this on?

MLV aka Manu Phonic

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "cityoftheasleep" <igliashon@...> wrote:
>
> Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.  
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM
> 
> They're just rough little improvs, they don't really go anywhere, but they do give a fair impression of some of the moods of these scales.  In order, the scales I used are:
> 
> 3343334, 5225252, 3335333, and 5151515.  The first is a form of Mavila temperament, but it's very different in character from 16-EDO.  I like this version better, actually...it feels more consonant.  The second is sort of a cross-breed of Dicot and Father, where the generator is a very flat major 3rd and two of them form a very sharp fifth.  It's improper and that leads to some pretty interesting consequences, like a minor 3rd being a 9/8 while the major 2nd is a 7/6.  The third is superficially reminiscent of Porcupine[7] but the harmonies are very different--two generators is still a 6/5, but four is either a 10/7 or a 13/9 (depending on your mood) instead of a 16/11, five is an 11/7 instead of 8/5, and 6 is a 12/7 instead of a 7/4.  The fourth scale is maybe Myna temperament, maybe not (depending on whether you're listening to Graham Breed or Paul Erlich).  The generator is a 6/5 and two of them gets you a 10/7, but the approximations to the 3rd and 5th harmonics are, uh, "questionable".  I don't know why anyone would use it for full 7-limit harmony but it's pretty solid as a 2.5/3.7/3 subgroup.  The scale itself is pretty out-there, though...it sounds kind of like two diminished chords tuned a quarter-tone apart, but I kind of love the shimmering "double minor" effect of playing a 6/5 and a 7/6 simultaneously.
> 
> Well, enjoy!  (Or not)
> 
> -Igs
>
From: cityoftheasleep (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: Some 23-EDO Stuff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "manuphonic" <manuphonic@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Igs. I liked this a lot & shared it on Facebook, where a couple of musicians I know >began asking about the instrumentation. What'd you play this on?

Hi MLV ("Major League Vaseball"?), thanks for the listen and share.  My setup for that piece is just my little M-Audio Axiom 25 into Logic, using the EXS24 sampler plug-in.  Super basic mildly cheezy fake guitar sounds have to hold me over until I get my 23-EDO axe from Ron Sword (hopefully by summer time).

-Igs
From: cityoftheasleep (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

Thanks for the listen!

-Igs

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Carl Lumma <carl@...> wrote:
>
> Love the format and enjoyed the tunes.  Thanks for putting
> it together.  -Carl
> 
> At 07:24 PM 4/18/2011, you wrote:
> >Hey all, just posted a new "video" to my YouTube channel demonstrating 
> >some of the main heptatonic MOS scales found in 23-EDO.  
> >
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqst8MaRiYM
> >
> >They're just rough little improvs, they don't really go anywhere, but 
> >they do give a fair impression of some of the moods of these scales.  
> >In order, the scales I used are:
> >
> >3343334, 5225252, 3335333, and 5151515.  The first is a form of Mavila 
> >temperament, but it's very different in character from 16-EDO.  I like 
> >this version better, actually...it feels more consonant.  The second 
> >is sort of a cross-breed of Dicot and Father, where the generator is a 
> >very flat major 3rd and two of them form a very sharp fifth.  It's 
> >improper and that leads to some pretty interesting consequences, like 
> >a minor 3rd being a 9/8 while the major 2nd is a 7/6.  The third is 
> >superficially reminiscent of Porcupine[7] but the harmonies are very 
> >different--two generators is still a 6/5, but four is either a 10/7 or 
> >a 13/9 (depending on your mood) instead of a 16/11, five is an 11/7 
> >instead of 8/5, and 6 is a 12/7 instead of a 7/4.  The fourth scale is 
> >maybe Myna temperament, maybe not (depending on whether you're 
> >listening to Graham Breed or Paul Erlich).  The generator is a 6/5 and 
> >two of them gets you a 10/7, but the approximations to the 3rd and 5th 
> >harmonics are, uh, "questionable".  I don't know why anyone would use 
> >it for full 7-limit harmony but it's pretty solid as a 2.5/3.7/3 
> >subgroup.  The scale itself is pretty out-there, though...it sounds 
> >kind of like two diminished chords tuned a quarter-tone apart, but I 
> >kind of love the shimmering "double minor" effect of playing a 6/5 and 
> >a 7/6 simultaneously.
> >
> >Well, enjoy!  (Or not)
> >
> >-Igs
> >
>
From: cityoftheasleep (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@...> wrote:

> Same here, and I was wondering what it would sound in in other versions of Myna[7], 
> presuming I can call this a version of Myna[7].

You can call it whatever you like, just don't call it late for dinner!

If you want, I can retune it and upload just that part.  I can imagine 27-EDO and 31-EDO working alright, although the 1-step melodic interval will probably all but disappear in 31.  Alternatively, 15-EDO or 19-EDO might work just fine, since it's not a terribly harmonic piece.  I know they're not Myna temperaments, but they fit the scale.  Post a scala file of the tuning you'd like to hear and I'll let 'er rip.

-Igs
From: genewardsmith (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "cityoftheasleep" <igliashon@...> wrote:

> Post a scala file of the tuning you'd like to hear and I'll let 'er rip.

Here you go:

! igs.scl
!
Seven notes of myna in 89et
 7
!
 269.66292
 310.11236
 579.77528
 620.22472
 889.88764
 930.33708
 2/1

Here's Myna[23]:

! myna23.scl
!
Myna[23] in 89et tuning
 23
!
 40.44944
 80.89888
 121.34831
 229.21348
 269.66292
 310.11236
 350.56180
 391.01124
 431.46067
 539.32584
 579.77528
 620.22472
 660.67416
 701.12360
 741.57303
 849.43820
 889.88764
 930.33708
 970.78652
 1011.23596
 1119.10112
 1159.55056
 2/1
From: manuphonic (2011-04-21)
Subject: Re: Some 23-EDO Stuff

:-) MLV = Mark L. Vines

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "cityoftheasleep" <igliashon@...> wrote:
>
> --- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "manuphonic" <manuphonic@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Igs. I liked this a lot & shared it on Facebook, where a couple of musicians I know >began asking about the instrumentation. What'd you play this on?
> 
> Hi MLV ("Major League Vaseball"?), thanks for the listen and share.  My setup for that piece is just my little M-Audio Axiom 25 into Logic, using the EXS24 sampler plug-in.  Super basic mildly cheezy fake guitar sounds have to hold me over until I get my 23-EDO axe from Ron Sword (hopefully by summer time).
> 
> -Igs
>
From: cityoftheasleep (2011-04-22)
Subject: Re: [MMM] Some 23-EDO Stuff

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "genewardsmith" <genewardsmith@...> wrote:

> Seven notes of myna in 89et
>  7
> !
>  269.66292
>  310.11236
>  579.77528
>  620.22472
>  889.88764
>  930.33708
>  2/1

Here's the file:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/files/Igliashon%20Jones/89versionof23Myna.mp3

The difference is very mild to my ears.  Maybe even placebo effect.
 
> Here's Myna[23]:
> 
> ! myna23.scl
> !
> Myna[23] in 89et tuning
>  23
> !
>  40.44944
>  80.89888
>  121.34831
>  229.21348
>  269.66292
>  310.11236
>  350.56180
>  391.01124
>  431.46067
>  539.32584
>  579.77528
>  620.22472
>  660.67416
>  701.12360
>  741.57303
>  849.43820
>  889.88764
>  930.33708
>  970.78652
>  1011.23596
>  1119.10112
>  1159.55056
>  2/1

I can see a slight family resemblance to 23-EDO, but only in some areas.  Some notes are right between two 23-EDO pitches.

-Igs