I define a new set of microtonal scales based on the prime number series, and containing 41 to 91 pitches spread over the whole audible range, rather than subdividing the octave. I designed these scales for metaphorical purposes, and applied one within my performance piece Ubasuteyama (2008), written with Hazel Smith, for speaker, computer sound and digital processing. Simple timbres using partials bearing prime number ratios to their fundamental were also used to embody the scale. The scales and timbres will be amongst the subjects of cognitive studies of pitch combinations, of large and unbroken pitch intervals in melodies, and of the relation between scale and timbre
Tones and sonorities that occur more often in a passage of music are more likely to be perceived as ...
The 52 Nanotone Symphonies is a work of expanding and contracting nature, which reflects the paradox...
Extended just intonation is a field with infinite tonal resources, from pure major scales to Asian m...
Abstract: – Intervals between harmonics in the frequency spectra of pitched sounds occur in a patte...
Simultaneous and sequential combinations of pitches are highly meaningful in music. Simultaneous int...
Microtonal scale tunings and dynamic note inflections characterise much Asian music; more recently, ...
Microtonalis: A Systematic Approach to Microtonal Composition is a complement to existing (Western) ...
This paper offers a description and demonstration of the colored representation of the relative musi...
This paper elaborates on a setup for microtonal exploration, experimentation and composition. Where ...
Musical scales may be interpreted as specific increasing sequences of real numbers. Periodic scales,...
In this paper, we introduce a new approach to computer aided microtonal improvisation by combining m...
How shall we define the musical stimulus? Traditionally, music theorists interested in pitch phenome...
Two simultaneous sounds are pleasing if the ratio of their frequencies is a rational number with sma...
This paper briefly illustrates the concepts of tone-lattices, scales, periodicity and notational sys...
This thesis engages with the topic of microtonal music through a discussion of relevant music theor...
Tones and sonorities that occur more often in a passage of music are more likely to be perceived as ...
The 52 Nanotone Symphonies is a work of expanding and contracting nature, which reflects the paradox...
Extended just intonation is a field with infinite tonal resources, from pure major scales to Asian m...
Abstract: – Intervals between harmonics in the frequency spectra of pitched sounds occur in a patte...
Simultaneous and sequential combinations of pitches are highly meaningful in music. Simultaneous int...
Microtonal scale tunings and dynamic note inflections characterise much Asian music; more recently, ...
Microtonalis: A Systematic Approach to Microtonal Composition is a complement to existing (Western) ...
This paper offers a description and demonstration of the colored representation of the relative musi...
This paper elaborates on a setup for microtonal exploration, experimentation and composition. Where ...
Musical scales may be interpreted as specific increasing sequences of real numbers. Periodic scales,...
In this paper, we introduce a new approach to computer aided microtonal improvisation by combining m...
How shall we define the musical stimulus? Traditionally, music theorists interested in pitch phenome...
Two simultaneous sounds are pleasing if the ratio of their frequencies is a rational number with sma...
This paper briefly illustrates the concepts of tone-lattices, scales, periodicity and notational sys...
This thesis engages with the topic of microtonal music through a discussion of relevant music theor...
Tones and sonorities that occur more often in a passage of music are more likely to be perceived as ...
The 52 Nanotone Symphonies is a work of expanding and contracting nature, which reflects the paradox...
Extended just intonation is a field with infinite tonal resources, from pure major scales to Asian m...