~ Love Particle ~ A microtonal piece of music
Composed & produced by benyamind
#microtonal #xenharmonic #orchestral #world
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This project is an attempt to fuse the worlds of melodic and harmonic systems.
Our normal 12-tone equal temperament system allows for complex harmony and modulation. In other corners of the world you have melodic systems that showcase more of the beauty of the harmonic series. When I started making microtonal music I became more aware of the gap between these two worlds. I just love the elegance of transcendental melody that is not always there in 12-tone, but I adore the complex harmony and modulation 12-tone allows.
As I'm digging deeper into microtonality I'm starting to become more and more convinced that 31-EDO is some sort of bridge or at least has the potential to open up doors in exciting new ways. It estimates all sorts of just intonation (JI) intervals ridiculously well. Beautiful ratios if you hold 'm against the fundamental, but all these intervals still form solid fifths (and other key harmonics) with other scale degrees (which may also be new, beautiful ratios to the fundamental).
Not only is 31-EDO a completely new world, it can execute most, if not all 12-tone music way cleaner because of better JI estimation, giving it a transcendental touch. And it being an equal temperament gives it the complete advantage of complex modulation without losing harmony. It's a thing of beauty!
Is 31-EDO practical in live-performance? Not really. Atleast not for fretted instruments, pianos etc. I hope this will become a thing one day. It dóes contain a lot of notes, but humans are crafty enough to make it work if we were to focus on it. Now we have the beauty of electronic music production, where there are more possibilities...
What are your thoughts on 31-tone, microtonal music & the future of music?
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If you are enjoying this, make sure to subscribe as more will follow! The track is downloadable via my soundcloud. Questions, ideas, remarks etc. are always welcome.
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Freelance composer. For inquiries and such:
benyaminddesign at gmail.com
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