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Tunings used (compositions, covers, transcriptions)

I try to get to a variety of tuning systems in my work, and consider compositions, cover songs, and transcriptions to generally comprise a rich variety of explorations. Grouping songs by tuning system here lets one try to hear the similarities and differences between them, as well as illustrating tunings that I tend to "gravitate" towards, generally for practical or triadic reasons. I would like people to be able to think of any kind of melodic or harmonic aesthetic and have them be able to then find that in my work, while realizing the cover songs will have the most normative tropes. This page is a work in progress and currently only covers and transcriptions are here. Usually the tunings I use are equal temperaments (I mark these with "-TET" and you may also see "EDO" for Equal Division of the Octave), or Just Intonation (JI). Equal temperaments are listed in ascending order, JI is listed next, and other tunings last. Trivial -TET (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) aren't listed.

Equal Divisions of the Octave / Equal Temperament (EDO, TET)

5-TET

  • ​Fastest balafon solo EVER?!? (Sekou Coulibaly) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

7-TET

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

8-TET​

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

9-TET​

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

10-TET​

  • Who Loves You? Me! (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Love is the Catalyst (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Champagne (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Morphox (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Tenth Planet (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Ballad of Hearst and Herriman (Ventifacts) - cover

  • Across the Universe (Beatles) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

11-TET​

  • Longwayaway People (Sevish) - cover

  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

12-TET​

  • Caftaphata (Lamplight) - transcription

  • Auri Luve's Harmony practices (Auri Luve) - short transcription

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • Deck the Halls (traditional) - cover

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

13-TET​

  • Ebb Tide (Robert Maxwell) - cover

  • Sean's Bits (Sevish) - cover

  • Don't Miss It (James Blake) - cover

  • 12 Microtonal Etudes (V. Sostenuto) (Easley Blackwood) - cover

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

14-TET​

  • Just What I Needed (Cars) - short cover

  • SANTA IS BRINGING MICROTONES TO TOWN (traditional) - cover

  • Fluorescent Desert (Brendan Byrnes) - cover 

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

15-TET​

  • Couples' Therapy (Jacob Barton) - cover

  • Mizarian Porcupine Overture (Herman Miller) - cover

  • Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves) - short cover

  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Aquatic Ambience (David Wise) - cover

  • Dance of the Forest Lights (Xotla) - cover

  • Jingle Bells + Giant Steps (James Pierpont + John Coltrane) - short cover

  • Moonopolis (Sevish) - cover

  • Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel) - cover

  • Come Sail Away (Styx) - cover

  • You'll Never Walk Alone (Marcus Mumford) - cover

  • ​Gamecube theme (Toru Minegishi) - short cover

  • You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift) - short cover

  • 12 Microtonal Etudes (VI. Lento) (Easley Blackwood) - cover

  • Just What I Needed (Cars) - short cover

  • I'm a Believer (Monkees) - short cover

  • Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - short cover

  • Knights of Cydonia (Muse) - transcription

  • Fluorescent Desert (Brendan Byrnes) - cover

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

16-TET​

  • Sangoire (James Mulvale) - transcription

  • benyamind's 16edo progression (benyamind) - transcription

  • Don't Take Five (Woyten) - transcription

  • When the Saints go Marching In (traditional) - cover

  • Gorgo Preludes (William Lynch) - cover

  • Abraço de Afogado (Löis Lancaster) - cover

  • Avatar (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • All Alone at the Party (Ben Levin) - cover

  • All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey) - short cover

  • Deck the Halls (traditional) - cover

  • 12 Microtonal Etudes (I. Andantino) (Easley Blackwood) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

17-TET​

  • Ancient Love (Sevish and benyamind) - cover and short transcription

  • Multiverse (Jacob Barton) - cover

  • Kept Man (Mercury Tree) - cover

  • I'll Pay (Mercury Tree) - short cover

  • After the Incident (Mercury Tree) - cover

  • Bottle of the Wisp (Xotla) - cover

  • Backwatering (Xotla) - cover

  • U DONT HAVE TO ROB ME (Domi & JD Beck) - cover

  • Everlong (Foo Fighters) - cover

  • Liminal City Escalators (xenharmonic discord) - cover

  • Alleluia (Aaron Krister Johnson) - cover

  • Luna Mirage (Ben Hjertmann) - cover

  • Take this Stone (Cecile McLorin Salvant) - cover

  • 12 Microtonal Etudes (VII. Con moto) (Easley Blackwood) - cover

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

18-TET​

  • Liminal City Escalators (xenharmonic discord) - cover

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

19-TET​

  • there are 19 notes in an octave (AZALI) - transcription

  • Misty (Errol Garner) - cover and transcription

  • Some Shallow Thoughts on "Form Logic" (Sononym) - transcription

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) - cover and transcription

  • Blackbird (Beatles) - cover

  • Sunsrise (HEHE I AM A SUPAHSTAR SAGA) - cover

  • Let it Snow (traditional) - cover

  • Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan) - cover

  • Peg (Steely Dan) - cover

  • Light in the Hallway (Pentatonix) - cover

  • Can't Help Falling in Love (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss) - cover

  • Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens) - cover

  • What the World Needs Now (Burt Bacharach) - cover

  • Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult) - cover

  • Count on Me (Bruno Mars) - cover

  • Jon Batiste "god gave us 12 notes" - short reharmonization

  • Do-Re-Mi (Sound of Music) - cover

  • The Hills are Alive (Sound of Music) - cover

  • Edelweiss (Sound of Music) - cover

  • Rise (James Mulvale) - cover

  • Pluerogloss (James Mulvale) - transcription

  • Squant (James Mulvale) - transcription

  • Deck the Halls (traditional) - cover

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

20-TET​

  • Zona del Ruido (jama) - cover

  • Decagon Dancefloor (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Songs w/ too many notes (Eleanor Rigby, Sunshine of Your Love, Stairway to Heaven, Phantom) - short montage

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

21-TET​

  • Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) - cover

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

22-TET​

  • 22-EDO Microtonal Guitar Etude (Brendan Byrnes) - transcription

  • Electric Plains (Brendan Byrnes) - cover

  • Golden Hour (JVKE) - cover

  • THANK U (Domi & JD Beck) - cover

  • Love is the Answer (The Bad Plus) - cover

  • Washing Machine Heart (Mitski) - cover

  • Toffee (Maddie Ashman) - cover

  • Dies irae (Juhani Nuorvala) - cover

  • THE BREAD OF BREAD IS BREAD (John Mulaney) - short reharmonization

  • Beyond Between (The XenZone) - transcription

  • Tibia (Paul Erlich) - cover and lattice visualization

  • Gleam (Sevish) - cover

  • Starfish (Sevish) - cover

  • For Good (from Wicked) - cover

  • Spooky (from Dusty Springfield) - cover

  • Moon River (Henry Mancini) - cover

  • My Wild Irish Rose (Chauncey Olcott) - cover

  • Remember Me (from Coco) - cover and transcription

  • Dolm (James Mulvale) - transcription

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

23-TET​

  • God Only Knows (The Beach Boys) - cover

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

24-TET​

  • Sarniezz (Angine de Poitrine) - transcription

  • Mata Zyklek (Angine de Poitrine) - transcription

  • Giant Steps challenge (John Coltrane) - short solo

  • microtonal blues (samurai guitarist) - transcription

  • timebender (nicetone) - transcription

  • ghost song (mannfishh) - cover

  • Deck the Halls (traditional) - cover

  • America the Beautiful in EVERY TET from 1 to 24! - cover

25-TET​

  • Microtonal Guitar Playthrough Mathcore/Grind (Pestilent Decay) - transcription

  • Prelude in C (J.S. Bach) - cover

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

26-TET​

  • I'll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain) - cover and transcription

  • When She Loved Me (from Toy Story) - cover

  • Little Blue (Jacob Collier) - cover

  • The Bookshop with No Name (Ocean Tardigrade) - cover

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

27-TET​

  • Microtonal Guitar Etude and Demonstration (Brendan Byrnes) - transcription

  • Superior Intermedial (groundfault corporation) - transcription

29-TET​

  • Fly me to the Moon (sung by Frank Sinatra) - cover and transcription

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

31-TET​

  • What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) - cover and transcription

  • True Love Waits (Radiohead co-arr. Levi McClain) - cover

  • Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole, perf. Mike Battaglia) - transcription

  • Infant Eyes (Wayne Shorter, perf. Mike Battaglia) - transcription

  • Speak Like a Child (Wayne Shorter, perf. Mike Battaglia) - transcription

  • Superior Intermedial (groundfault corporation) - transcription

  • Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder arr. Hear Between the Lines) - transcription

  • Time to Call My Friend (Hear Between the Lines) - cover and transcription

  • Between Dreams (Hear Between the Lines) - cover and transcription

  • I'll Be Home for Christmas (traditional) - cover and transcription

  • Quantum 7 (Stephen James Taylor) - transcription

  • Arrival (Zhea Erose) - transcription

  • I have been waiting for this moment for years (Blair Benzel) - short transcription

  • gliding on an ill wind (Blair Benzel) - short transcription

  • something found (Blair Benzel) - short transcription

  • You're Everything (Chick Corea, perf. Georg Vogel) - transcription

  • Vonamoe (Georg Vogel) - transcription

  • Madonna il poco dolce (Vicentino) - cover

  • 31edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • Learning Lumatone (instructional) - transcription

  • Cosmogone (James Mulvale) - transcription

  • Touch Me Babe with all 31 notes in intro (The Doors) - short meme

  • i have no idea what's happening (AZALI) - transcription

  • Sleepytime (tag) - short cover and transcription

  • Deck the Halls (traditional) - cover

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

  • Jacob Collier's microtonal game harmonized (Jacob Collier) - short reharmonization

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

32-TET​

  • Winter's Mortal Hope (groundfault corporation) - transcription

  • 32edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

33-TET​

  • Chromosomes of a Dead Fairy (Stephen Weigel) - composition

  • 33edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

34-TET​

  • And So It Goes (Billy Joel) - cover

  • Mravalzhamier (Georgian traditional) - transcription

  • Diversion in 34 (Sintel) - transcription

  • 34edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • Red Dress EXTREME reharmonization (Sarah Brand) - cover and transcription

35-TET​

  • Experiments with microtonal music (Drue Wilding) - transcription

  • 35edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

36-TET​

  • 36edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

37-TET​

  • Luciférine (Ichiko Aoba) - cover

  • 37edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • SANTA IS BRINGING MICROTONES TO TOWN (traditional) - cover

38-TET​

  • 38edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

39-TET​

  • 39edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

40-TET​

  • 40edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • HARK! THE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS SING (traditional) - cover and transcription

41-TET​

  • Caftaphata (LAMPLIGHT) - transcription

  • Yxeni (LAMPLIGHT) - transcription

  • All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern, perf. Cam Taylor) - transcription

  • Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen) - cover

  • 41edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

42-TET​

  • 42edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • HARK! THE BIBLICALLY ACCURATE ANGELS SING (traditional) - cover and transcription

43-TET​

  • 43edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

44-TET​

  • 44edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

45-TET​

  • 45edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

46-TET​

  • 46edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

47-TET​

  • 47edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

48-TET​

  • Red Dress (Sarah Brand) - transcription

  • Domi reharmonizing the Ingrid Andress national anthem (Francis Scott Key) - transcription

  • 48edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

  • Microtonal Star Wars Cantina Band (The Rasa) - transcription

49-TET​

  • 49edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

50-TET​

  • 50edo (Bryan Deister) - short transcription

53-TET​

  • stay hydrated (Blair Benzel) - transcription

60-TET​

  • Born 2 (Water From Your Eyes) - cover

96-TET​

  • Auri Luve's Harmony practices (Auri Luve) - short transcription

Non-octave equal tunings (EDx, where x is not ~2)

13-ED3 (Bohlen-Pierce)​

  • Love Song (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Greater Good (Elaine Walker) - cover

  • Heebie Jeebies (James Mulvale) - cover

Temperaments

meantone​

  • Golden Years (The Lemon Twigs) - cover

Just Intonation / pure tuning (JI)

5-limit​

  • enjoy your lattice (Sintel) - transcription

7-limit​

  • Lambdoma improvisation (Anna-Maria Hefele) - transcription

11-limit​

  • Dreams (Cranberries) - cover

  • Caftaphata (LAMPLIGHT) - transcription

  • January 2021 (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • March 2015 (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • Cranes V (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • Cranes VI (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • Gardens II (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • October 2021 w. birde 1543 (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • Gardens III (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • February 2023 (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • Drawings I (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • June 2023 (Norman Henry) - transcription

  • for six brief moments (Norman Henry) - transcription

13-limit​

  • Klangmomente 2 (Anna-Maria Hefele, Stephen Weigel, Tachy Bunker) - performance

31-limit​

  • Demo piece for utonal just intonation guitar (Ron Sword) - transcription

Non-equal, non-just, non-tempered tuning

ρ^n combination tones, where n’ ≤ 11​

  • 12 days of Christmas (traditional) - cover

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