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♪ Ethno880828 : A music composed in 96-EDO using "Ethnoworld".

♪ Micro880827 : Composed in 96-EDO by "Edirol orchestral".

♪ 4gah for brass : Composed in 96-EDO for brasses and percussions.

♪ Solo for oboe : Composed in 96-EDO.

♪ Micro880806 : Composed in 96-EDO for strings.

♪ Heroic elegy : Composed in 96-EDO for orchestra.

♪ Ethno880805 : Composed in 96-EDO By "Ethnoworld".

♪ Micro880802 : Composed in 96-EDO in 12ED(750) by "ALBINO 2.2.1".

♪ Endless life : Composed in 96-EDO for cellos dedicated to late maestro meshkatian.

♪ Micro880607 : Composed in 96-EDO for orchestra.

♪ Micro880419 : Composed in 96-EDO with these deviations (D&E&G&A -37.5 cent)

♪ Micro880417 : A music composed in 96-EDO for timpani and percussions with these deviations from 12-EDO : D&G -62.5 cent F +62.5 cent

♪ Micro880314 : A music composed in 96-EDO

♪ Micro880212 : A music composed in 96-EDO for strings with these degrees :

0 100 262.5 337.5 362.5 500 600 700 800 962.5 1037.5 1062.5 1200

♪ Micro880210 : A music composed in 96-EDO using "Ethnoworld" with these degrees :

0 37.5 200 300 337.5 500 600 637.5 800 837.5 1000 1100 1200

♪ Micro880203 : A music composed in 96-EDO for oboe,clarinet,basson and glockenspiel with these degrees :

0 100 137.5 200 300 337.5 400 562.5 600 700 800 837.5 1062.5 1100 1200

♪ Micro880201 : A Non-octavic music composed in 4-ED (700) by Zynaddsubfx.

♪ Micro880128 : A music composed in the below degrees of 96-EDO (Deviation from 12-EDO) for santoor of "Eastwest RA"

0=0

C# + 37.5

D# - 50

E - 25

F# +37.5

G# -50

A -25

B +25

♪ Micro870606 : I found a midi file in my dead cakewalk 7 named as"Ballad#1" by igor khoroshev. I worked on it and retuned to some degrees of 24-EDO.

♪ Micro870605 : A music composed in 24-EDO

♪ Micropro-1:This is my first experiment with "Native instrument pro-53" based on the below scale and adding some lines resulted from different transpositions:

                          0=0
                          1=75
                          2=162.5
                          3=300
                          4=362.5
                          5=475
                          6=600
                          7=675
                          8=762.5
                          9=900
                          10=962.5
                          11=1075
                          12=1200

♪ Microtruamerei: A retuned music of Robert Schumann , Kinderszenen Op.15 No.7 (Scenes from Childhood 7)-7. Traumerei (Reverie) . Retuning is based on the below 12-tone scale made of 2 degrees of 96-EDO with size of 137.5 and 150 cent and with a pattern as bab bab bab bab( b=137.5 a=150):

0: 0 cents
1: 137.500 cents
2: 287.500 cents
3: 425.000 cents
4: 562.500 cents
5: 712.500 cents
6: 850.000 cents
7: 987.500 cents
8: 1137.500 cents
9: 1275.000 cents
10: 1412.500 cents
11: 1562.500 cents
12: 1700.000 cents

♪ Micro870226: A music based on 96-EDO ver of 12-ED(500.):

0: 0 cents
1: 37.500 cents
2: 87.500 cents
3: 125.000 cents
4: 162.500 cents
5: 212.500 cents
6: 250.000 cents
7: 287.500 cents
8: 337.500 cents
9: 375.000 cents
10: 412.500 cents
11: 462.500 cents
12: 500.000 cents

♪ Micro870201: A music for wind instruments based on a mode ofbaran scale

♪ Microhex5: A music based on 6.5-5.5 hexatonic scale (a semiaugmented tritone and semidiminished tritone) of 24-EDO with a pattern as 011101-010703 :

0: 0 cents
1: 50.000 cents
2: 600.000 cents
3: 650.000 cents

4: 700.000 cents
5: 1050.000 cents
6: 2/1 1200.000

♪ Microhex4: A music based on 6.5-5.5 hexatonic scale (a semiaugmented tritone and semidiminished tritone) of 24-EDO with a pattern as 040504-050303:

0: 0 cents
1: 200.000 cents

2: 450.000 cents
3: 650.000 cents
4: 900.000 cents

5: 1050.000 cents
6: 1200.000 cents

♪ Microhex3: A music based on 6-6 and 7-5 hexatonic scales of 24-EDO.

6-6 hexatonic scale with a pattern as 060303-070203

00: 0 cents
1: 300.000 cents center of garivity or shahed
2: 450.000 cents
3: 600.000 cents
4: 950.000 cents
5: 1050.000 cents
6: 1200.000 cents

7-5 hexatonic scale with a pattern as 030605-030205

0: 0 cents
1: 150.000 cents the second "ist"
2: 450.000 cents finalis
3: 700.000 cents
4: 850.000 cents

5: 950.000 cents the first "ist"
6: 1200.000 cents

The first part in 6-6 and the second in 7-5 and some bimodal usage of these 2 scales. the last part is in 6-6.

♪ Microhex2:A music based on a 6.5-5.5 hexatonic scale of 96-EDO:

0: 0 cents
1: 137.500 cents
2: 437.500 cents

3: 650.000 cents
4: 887.500 cents
5: 1025.000 cents
6: 1200.000 cents

6.5-5.5 hexatonic scales are composed of a semiaugmented tritone and semidiminished tritone, each are filled by 3 intervals. Above scale is composed of 2 segments with a pattern as 112417-191114 which numbers indicate size of divisions in 96-EDO:

0: 0 cents

1: 137.500 cents
2: 300.000 cents
3: 212.500 cents
4: 237.500 cents

5: 137.500 cents
6: 175.000 cents

♪ Microhex1:A music based on a 6-6 hexatonic scale of 96-EDO:

0: 0 cents
1: 137.500 cents
2: 337.500 cents
3: 600.000 cents
4: 737.500 cents
5: 937.500 cents
6: 2/1

6-6 hexatonic scales are composed of 2 equally-divided tritones , filled by 3 intervals as "ABC". Above scale is composed of 2 equal segments with a pattern as 111621-111621 .Numbers indicate size of divisions in 96-EDO:

A=11*12.5=137.5 cent B=16*12.5=200 cent C=21*12.5=262.5 cent

Some well-known examples of 6-6 hexatonic scales are: Whole tone scale as the first mode of limited transposition , fifth mode of limited transposition.

♪ Microaginco:Being inspired by Agincourt Carol,i made this music in the below scale of 96-EDO:

0: 0 cents
1: 75.000 cents
2: 150.000 cents
3: 237.500 cents
4: 325.000 cents
5: 412.500 cents
6: 537.500 cents
7: 662.500 cents
8: 725.000 cents
9: 837.500 cents
10: 950.000 cents
11: 1075.000 cents
12: 1200.000 cents

♪ Microtonal Dance : Composed in the below scale which consists of 2 unequal tetrachords.

First tetrachord with size of 537.5 cent which is a lower semiaugmented tetrachord and the second with size of 475 cent as a grave tetrachord.The junction has size of 187.5 cent.

0: 0 cents
1: 137.500 cents
2: 375.000 cents
3: 537.500 cents
4: 725.000 cents
5: 937.500 cents
6: 1100.000 cents
7: 2/1

♪ Cyrus the great : Against portrayal of Persians in 300 (film) , I composed a Music in a mode of baran scale (Bold degrees : 0 80 166.7 260 360 466.7 580 700 780 870 970 1080 1200 ) and in honour of Cyrus the great , the greatest and famous Persian Emperor of the Achamenid Dynasty (580-529BC) and a righteous human being.He was extraordinarily peerless in all over the world. Comparing Cyrus' manner with Semi's rulers, one feels great pleasure for the Persian liberality and generosity and truly regards the Persians as one of the instructors of human rights.

♪ Jupiterians : Music of jupiterians , the beings that inhabit the planet Jupiter and are humanoid in shape but with eight arms. This music is composed in Reverse baran scale.

♪ A jovial music : This music is composed in a mode of Reverse baran scale ( Stared degrees):

0
120
230***
330
420***
500***
620
733.333***
840
940
1033.333
1120***
1200

It is based on modes with different centers of gravity as 7th , 9th,11th ,octave of 7th and 4th degrees and is dedicated to jlsmith ( His ZeBOX page) for his freidship and kindness to me.and many thanks to Margo schulter for her guidance to modal music of medieval era.she has an excellent article about relation between modal dastgah music of iran and medieval modes here.(Although she belives it needs being revised)

♪ Polymicro-3 : This music is composed in a mode of 24-EDL ( Stared degrees)with some modulations :

1/1                 0
24/23     73.6806536
12/11     150.6370585***
8/7         231.1740935***
6/5         315.641287
24/19     404.4419847***
4/3         498.0449991
24/17      596.9995914***
3/2         701.9550009***
8/5        813.6862861
12/7       933.1290944***
24/13     1061.427339

2/1 1200.0

and then going to this mode in 12-ADO ( Stared degrees):

1/1                0
13/12    138.5726609
7/6         266.8709056***

5/4         386.3137139***
4/3         498.0449991
17/12      603.0004086***

3/2         701.9550009
19/12      795.5580153***
5/3          884.358713
7/4          968.8259065
11/6        1049.362941***
23/12      1126.319346
2/1          1200.0

♪ Rebellious music : A music based on a 120-EDL scale ( Stared degrees) as below :

0: 1/1                  0
1: 40/37         134.970***
2: 120/107      198.508
3: 20/17          281.358***
4: 5/4            386.314
5: 4/3             498.045 ***
6: 120/83        638.221
7: 3/2             701.955 ***
8: 30/19         790.756 ***
9: 5/3             884.359
10: 30/17       983.313 ***
11: 40/21       1115.533
12: 2/1           1200.000

♪ Polymicro-2 : I used "Yine bir Gulnihal aldi bu gonlumu" by Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi , a composer of Turkish classical music , to retune and make a polymicrotonal piece in a well-temperament based on 128-ADO and a mode of 17-EDO (Stared degrees):

Well-temperament based on 128-ADO

0: 1/1                0 ***
1: 17/16         104.955
2: 9/8             203.910 ***
((3: 19/16       297.513))
4: 161/128     397.100 ***
5: 171/128     501.423
6: 181/128     599.815 ***
7: 3/2            701.955 ***
8: 203/128    798.403
9: 215/128     897.831 ***
10: 57/32       999.468
11: 121/64     1102.636 ***
12: 2/1           1200.000

Degrees of 17-EDO

0: 0 cents
1: 70.588 cents
2: 141.176 cents
3: 211.765 cents ***
((4: 282.353 cents))
5: 352.941 cents
6: 423.529 cents ***
7: 494.118 cents
8: 564.706 cents ***
9: 635.294 cents
10: 705.882 cents ***
11: 776.471 cents
12: 847.059 cents
13: 917.647 cents ***
14: 988.235 cents
15: 1058.824 cents ***
16: 1129.412 cents

17: 2/1

♪ Polymicro-1 : This microtonal piece is composed in baran scale and its 24-EDO version.For baran scale click here.

♪ For John chalmers :This piece is composed in honour of Dr.john chalmers ( and another link in Sonic-arts), for his efforts mainly in science of tuning and as a gift for new year.It is not a long time , being acquainted with this guru , but i found a good teacher and better to say , a good freind. This piece is composed Basically in 5-AID(4/3) with a1=66.406 cent .so,by considering 2 equal intervals with size of (4/3)^(1/2) , Finally we can see this 5-tone structure:

                         0.00000
                         66.40600
                         149.41350
                         249.02250
                         365.23300
                         4/3

Then adding a1 to 4/3 , inserting a new interval as 3/2 and extending to 12 note per ocatve lead us to this 12-tone scale with two equal tetrachords:

0:      0      cents
1: 66.406 cents
2: 149.414 cents
3: 249.023 cents
4: 365.233 cents
5: 4/3      498.045
6: 564.451 cents
7: 3/2      701.955
8: 768.361 cents
9: 851.369 cents
10: 950.978 cents
11: 1067.188 cents

12: 2/1 1200.000

This music is composed in a mode with this degrees : 0 2 3 5 7 9 10 12 . We have 3 point of nonconformity between two tetrachords.

♪ Music based on jupiter scale proposed by Elsie hamilton :In Naked light , web site of Brian lee which has some articles about Elsie hamilton , we can see one of hamilton's musics named "Steig hinauf zu höhern Kreise" , for soprano and alto lyre , in Jupiter scale which has this scale :E F# G A# B C D E in 18-EDL:

0: 1/1 0

1: 9/8         203.910
2: 6/5        315.641
3: 18/13     563.382
4: 3/2         701.955
5: 18/11     852.592
6: 9/5        1017.596
7: 2/1        1200.000

with divisions based on18:16:15:13:12:11:10:9

I used 22-EDL to start scale from C but the Melodic trend starts from E:

0: 1/1 0

1: 11/10    165.004
2: 11/9      347.408
3: 11/8      551.318
4: 22/15    663.049
5: 22/13    910.790
6: 11/6     1049.363
7: 2/1       1200.000

with divisions based on 22:20:18:16:15:13:12:11

in this serie we have 22:20:18 which is the same as 11:10:9.The overlap of this 2 scale is interesting , as if 18-EDL is a mode based on 22-EDL:

22:20:18:16:15:13:12:11
18:16:15:13:12:11:10:9

♪ Improvised microtonal music for setar with 3 strings in 96-EDO : This improvisation is played by setar with 3 strings which strings are tuned with possible accuracy:

1) 0 cent (with a frequncy of 163 Hz)
2) 500 cent from the first string
3) 812.5 cent from the first string

frets are placed with possible accuracy for:
Open strings -----------------------------------------Frets----------------------------------------
0                 125    312.5    500     725   887.5     1012.5     1075    1200
500              625      812.5   1000    1225 1387.5    1512.5    1575      1700
812.5            937.5   1125    1312.5 1537.5   1700     1825       1887.5   2012.5

♪ Second improvised microtonal music for setar with 3 strings in 96-EDO

This improvisation is played by setar with 3 strings which strings are tuned with possible accuracy:
1) 0 cent
2) 300 cent from the first string
3) 600 cent from the first string
frets are placed with possible accuracy for:
Open strings -----------------------Frets----------------
0                 137.5     300      400          600
300               437.5     600     700          900
600              737.5    900     1037.5   1237.5

♪ For margo :This music is composed for margo schulter in her honour.It is in 124-EDL :

0: 1/1                    0
1: 124/115        130.448
2: 62/51            338.125
3: 4/3              498.045
4: 124/83         694.988
5: 31/19            847.523
6: 31/17           1040.080
7: 2/1               1200.00