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Val Fedoz
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Microtonal piano composition with 22 tones per octave, using porcupine temperament
microtonal neoclassical pia
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One-man project - home recording, slightly experimental, with a tendency to algorithmic and mathematical methods
One-man project. Home recording, piano, keyboards and harmonica. Microtonal music and free piano improvisations.
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Genre
Classical • Contemporary
Charts
Peak #15
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Hans Straub
Uploaded
February 26, 2015
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MP3 6.7 MB • 160 kbps • 5:52
Story behind the song
My contribution to the 2014 Untwelve competition. Using porcupine temperament, a regular temperament supported by 22-equal tuning. More specifically, it uses the porcupine[7] scale, consisting of one major wholetone (4 steps of 22edo) and 6 minor wholetones (3 steps). All melodies and harmonies are strictly held in one of the various modes of porcupine[7]. Special attention was paid to modulations (change from one porcupine[7] scale to another). The regular temperament paradigma offers a canonical modulation schema - the well-known circle of fifths in the case of meantone temperament; the analogon in porcupine temperament is a circle of minor wholetones. As in the meantone case, there are "neighbouring" tonalities where the modulation of one to the other is done via alteration of one note. The concrete modulation patterns are different, of course. The measure is 11/8, suiting the tuning. The title refers to the val Fedoz valley in the swiss alps, close to Sils Maria. The main theme of the piece was composed during a hiking tour there.
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