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Local Anomaly: Elastic pitches of the triangulaika adapt so that at each moment the intervals are maximally consonant. |
Sympathetic Metaphor: Played on an astral guitar built with 19 tones in each octave and featuring the amazing fretless basswork of Peter Kidd. |
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Rojqoq: A traditional Klingon song, played in the traditional scale conatining 60 equal divisions of the octave, and sung in the original Klingon. |
Pagan's Revenge: The trident instruments, tuned to seven equal divisions of the octave, play a theme forwards and then backwards - finally ending on the first note. This melodic palindrome is considered an essential aspect of musical balance in many parts of the milky way.
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When Everything was Simultaneous: The alien voices, their harmonics deranged by spectral mappings, warn of the danger inherent in even an instant of clarity. |
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Turquoise Dabo Girl: In a scale containing 11 equal divisions of the octave. |
Three Ears: In a scale that adapts constantly (an "adaptive tuning") so as to maximize consonance at each instant. |
Imaginary Horses: In an "additive" or "overtone" scale. |
Truth on a Bus: In a scale containing 19 equal divisions of the octave. |
Duet for Morphine and Crystal: In a scale derived from the x-ray spectrographs of a morphone crystal. |
Incidence and Coincidence: Each note in this 19 tone per octave piece is harmonized by a tone from the 12 tone per octave scale. |
Circle of Thirds: In a scale containing 10 equal divisions of the octave. |
Ten Fingers: Played with a guitar-like sound, this is also in a scale containing 10 equal divisions of the octave. |
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A collection of algorithmic musical compositions using "fractal" data to specify pitch, duration, and timbral qualities of the music.
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...Other Pieces...
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Fourier's Song: Also called "Table 4.1: Properties of the Fourier Transform", this piece uses an additive scale and all the tones arise from additive (Fourier) synthesis.
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Rojqoq: A traditional Klingon song, played in the traditional scale conatining 60 equal divisions of the octave, and sung in the original Klingon (with an English translation by Bill Sethares).
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