2024-04-29

Orwell Canon 3 in 1 upon a Ground for Baroque Oboe, Viola, Clarinet, and Viola da Gamba


 A 3-in-1 Canon upon a Ground for Baroque Oboe, Viola, Clarinet, and Viola da Gamba, in the Orwell tuning. The tuning is defined by the just perfect twelfth (3/1) being divided into 7 equal steps. One of these steps (as large as 271,71 ¢) represents 7/6; three represent 8/5. Alternately, one third of the «fifth harmonic» 5/1 also makes a good orwell generator, at ~ 12/7 or 928.77 ¢ = 1200 - 271,23 ¢.

Orwell is so named because 19 steps of 84edo, i.e. 19\84, is a possible generator; however, here Orwell has been implemented as 22edo generated by 5\22 = 272.727 cents. The Canon modulates by -1 Orwell (= -5/22 of an Octave) at the end of each of the 22 sections, and eventually comes back to the initial tonality of D.

2024-04-21

Blue Golden Fugue, for Baroque Trumpet, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon [Microtonal, Golden 13-scale]

 


«Blue Golden Fugue» is a blues-flavoured fugue for Baroque Trumpet, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon. Tuning is a Golden 13-tone scale constructed in the following way: the Golden Ratio ~ 833.09 cents is iterated 13 times, landing to 10830.174 cents; this means 9 octaves plus 30.174 cents. This amount is uniformly distributed along the 9 octaves, so that we have a tempered 1203.353 ¢ octave. This system coincides with 92.5656 cET.


2024-04-20

Orwell 2-5-1 Cadence


 

The 2-5-1 cadence, transformed into the Orwell tuning, defined by the just perfect twelfth (3/1) being divided into 7 equal steps. One of these steps (as large as 271,71 ¢) represents 7/6; three represent 8/5. Alternately, one third of the «fifth harmonic» 5/1 also makes a good orwell generator, at ~ 12/7 or 928.77 ¢ = 1200 - 271,23 ¢. Orwell is so named because 19 steps of 84edo, i.e. 19\84, is a possible generator; however, here Orwell has been implemented as 22edo generated by 5\22 = 272.727 cents. The 2-5-1 cadence has been transformed into the Orwell tuning by mapping each fifth (meant as a generator) into 5\22 = 272.727 cents, then rearranging the resulting notes in 22edo; 22-edo has been notated by using the customary linear notation.

2024-04-13

Sarabande, for Organ [22edo]



A short Sarabande for Organ in 22-edo.

First part goes 1 major third down (from B to G in 22edo) whereas second part goes 1 major third up (from G back to B).

2024-04-11

Micro-Fugue on Happy Birthday for Baroque Ensemble [Microtonal, 33edo]

 


A short 5-part Micro-Fugue on "Happy Birthday" (a tune which is now in the public domain) in F, for Recorder, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trombone. Tuning is 33-equal division of the octave. This tune has been written for a friend's 33th birtdhay. Here's a score of the piece: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fKaF498zdzcXUnKpB4j52t1eCvYOytqm/view?usp=drive_link