I think the perfect way to describe 31-EDO is “Triune” Tri + une = 30 + 1 And triune also means 3-in-1, offering a godlike quality of interplay and harmony
Man...this is what gets me excited about xenharmonics. Not bro noodling around on their 22edo guitar. Improvisation is near and dear to my heart but I wanna hear compositions! Like, give me a taste of the harmonic possibilities of a particular tuning. What does the voice leading sound like? What kinds of new and interesting harmonic movements and regions can you get into? Lovely little piece!
Thanks so much! That's such a wonderful compliment. I also agree. It seems many people use microtonality to be "weird" or "outside", almost like a gimmick. I'm not interested in this as a gimmick, I'm interested in deeper exploring, expressing, and understanding sound. I've always been obsessed with harmony all my life and the last couple years I've felt sooo restricted by 12edo, especially in vocal contexts. 31edo has offered me a richer pallet of colors.
Agreed!! It's absolutely overwhelming when you consider the melodic dimension of 31edo. I also find 31-edo way easier to sing to. WAY easier. When I sing in 12edo, I constantly feel like I'm second guessing my tuning. Every single time I sing a third it feels SO sharp. It used to bother me tremendously when I was a younger musician and didn't understand it. I knew the major third needed to be lower but then I'd check the piano and the sharp one was in tune, lol! Literally I had years of musical struggle hearing things in my head that "didn't exist"--only to learn they do exist, I just had to increase my resolution.
Here's my hot take, 31 edo won't catch on before we start playing with loads of tuning systems as a whole alongside AI. Just a guess! But this is far and away the coolest microtonal/polytonal/correct-terminology music I've heard! I am very grateful that you're doing this Zhea and please keep going!
Omg. The use of microtones and every single aspect of the harmony is melting me. I wanna be a spectral composer, and this is what I wanna achive. Congratz, and please, keep making music.
One of the best songs I've ever heard in my life. There is so much potential with 31EDO and all other microtonal scales! If more and more musicians start to tap into it, we hopefully will have a new musical revolution!
This evoked a feeling I never knew I could experience. You showed me a quick preview of what a future of music looks like! As you’ve mentioned future instruments, now I cannot wait for the day when we can play around with microtonal instruments to the point that we don’t need to call them microtonal. As a composition student I sometimes vaguely worry about the future of music but you really showed me hope and warm energy that your music enfolds.
I am always awestricken by your wondrous, dreamy music. Your ability to create these lovely composition really puts the -harmonic in xenharmonic. You have inspired me do dive into the microtonal pond myself. I have no idea where to go with it but it calls me with a force I did not expect, nor have really felt elsewhere. Since i heard Eurybia a while back I have been enthralled. What realm did you descend from exactly, you celestial star beam? I hope to, one day, wield even the dimmest form of that ethereal brilliance you radiate. I wish you all the best, always. 𔑴
Very interesting showcase of what 31-tone is capable of! I love it when music triggers visualizations and this gives me the feel of finding a lost world haha. We talked on fb some time ago but I don't think my latest messages got through.. would love to discuss some more 31 with you!
I totally feel you! Some ratios present in 31edo are just sooo magical and recall the fractal nature of reality. Sure, feel free to message me! I receive a lot of correspondence pertaining to my business so it's easy for more casual exchanges to get lost.
It's one of the best microtonal pieces I've heard - expanding the horizons of music and showing how much gets lost between each two half-tones of 12EDO, and keeping the musical narrative not dissolved into land of dissonances, like in many microtonal works. Also, I'm not keen on electronic music like Sevish. This one resembles film music - it's great mix of acoustic and electronic sound. Beautiful harmony, I'd love to hear more similar pieces from you and other composers.
Wow! This is very beautiful! Love the various texture changes both in terms of the 31-tone harmony - but also timbrally/instrumentationally. It really brings out the flavor in the different sounds of 31-edo. And it would sure be cool to hear this thing is an album context.
I didn't know about this music channel of yours until your recent video. I've been listening to that one song that you posted in that channel for a while and really wanted to listen more, I guess I found a gem :D I really love the use of sound in this piece, I'm so absorbed by it :D
@@ZheannaErose I guess joining the patreon and discord server might be too much then? too late! :D thanks for your kindness and generosity. excited to learn a lot.
I use all various sample libraries and retune them in kontakt with .nki scripts. I also use Serum, Pigment, and Alchemy for microtonal synthesis. I also use Spectrasonics Keyscape and import my own tunings for the sampling engine. It seems just about any sample library or synth can be microtonal if you find the right path.
![Zhea Erose - Novemdeca [in Just Intonation]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZIn6uis5duw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Zhea Erose - Novemdeca [in Just Intonation]](/img/tr.png)
![zhea erose - SOLA [31edo]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qW3VOVh4rlg/mqdefault.jpg)
I think the perfect way to describe 31-EDO is “Triune”
Tri + une = 30 + 1
And triune also means 3-in-1, offering a godlike quality of interplay and harmony
Man...this is what gets me excited about xenharmonics. Not bro noodling around on their 22edo guitar. Improvisation is near and dear to my heart but I wanna hear compositions! Like, give me a taste of the harmonic possibilities of a particular tuning. What does the voice leading sound like? What kinds of new and interesting harmonic movements and regions can you get into?
Lovely little piece!
Thanks so much! That's such a wonderful compliment. I also agree. It seems many people use microtonality to be "weird" or "outside", almost like a gimmick. I'm not interested in this as a gimmick, I'm interested in deeper exploring, expressing, and understanding sound. I've always been obsessed with harmony all my life and the last couple years I've felt sooo restricted by 12edo, especially in vocal contexts. 31edo has offered me a richer pallet of colors.
If 31 catches on, we’ll have magnitudes more of melodic potential than we’ve ever known.
Agreed!! It's absolutely overwhelming when you consider the melodic dimension of 31edo. I also find 31-edo way easier to sing to. WAY easier. When I sing in 12edo, I constantly feel like I'm second guessing my tuning. Every single time I sing a third it feels SO sharp. It used to bother me tremendously when I was a younger musician and didn't understand it. I knew the major third needed to be lower but then I'd check the piano and the sharp one was in tune, lol! Literally I had years of musical struggle hearing things in my head that "didn't exist"--only to learn they do exist, I just had to increase my resolution.
Here's my hot take, 31 edo won't catch on before we start playing with loads of tuning systems as a whole alongside AI. Just a guess! But this is far and away the coolest microtonal/polytonal/correct-terminology music I've heard! I am very grateful that you're doing this Zhea and please keep going!
Wow!!! So many unfamiliar harmonic events happening, shivers rippling over my face and down my arms. Amazing!!!
I'm so glad it touched you in this way! My ears have been expanded by writing it and I'm glad you could hear new harmony. Harmony is so special!!!!
Omg. The use of microtones and every single aspect of the harmony is melting me. I wanna be a spectral composer, and this is what I wanna achive. Congratz, and please, keep making music.
3:09 Extraordinary seventh harmonic!
One of the best songs I've ever heard in my life. There is so much potential with 31EDO and all other microtonal scales! If more and more musicians start to tap into it, we hopefully will have a new musical revolution!
i found your voice lessons and this channel completely independently and of course you're both a voice genius and an amazing xenharmonic composer lmao
Same
Found this from your tiktok, this is just perfection 😭❤️
This evoked a feeling I never knew I could experience. You showed me a quick preview of what a future of music looks like! As you’ve mentioned future instruments, now I cannot wait for the day when we can play around with microtonal instruments to the point that we don’t need to call them microtonal. As a composition student I sometimes vaguely worry about the future of music but you really showed me hope and warm energy that your music enfolds.
The microtones, the harmonies, this is true sorcery.
If the future is now, this is its music
I am always awestricken by your wondrous, dreamy music. Your ability to create these lovely composition really puts the -harmonic in xenharmonic. You have inspired me do dive into the microtonal pond myself. I have no idea where to go with it but it calls me with a force I did not expect, nor have really felt elsewhere. Since i heard Eurybia a while back I have been enthralled. What realm did you descend from exactly, you celestial star beam? I hope to, one day, wield even the dimmest form of that ethereal brilliance you radiate. I wish you all the best, always.
𔑴
Very interesting showcase of what 31-tone is capable of! I love it when music triggers visualizations and this gives me the feel of finding a lost world haha. We talked on fb some time ago but I don't think my latest messages got through.. would love to discuss some more 31 with you!
I totally feel you! Some ratios present in 31edo are just sooo magical and recall the fractal nature of reality. Sure, feel free to message me! I receive a lot of correspondence pertaining to my business so it's easy for more casual exchanges to get lost.
This is absolutely stunning, wow!
It's one of the best microtonal pieces I've heard - expanding the horizons of music and showing how much gets lost between each two half-tones of 12EDO, and keeping the musical narrative not dissolved into land of dissonances, like in many microtonal works. Also, I'm not keen on electronic music like Sevish. This one resembles film music - it's great mix of acoustic and electronic sound. Beautiful harmony, I'd love to hear more similar pieces from you and other composers.
Wow! This is very beautiful! Love the various texture changes both in terms of the 31-tone harmony - but also timbrally/instrumentationally. It really brings out the flavor in the different sounds of 31-edo. And it would sure be cool to hear this thing is an album context.
I didn't know about this music channel of yours until your recent video. I've been listening to that one song that you posted in that channel for a while and really wanted to listen more, I guess I found a gem :D
I really love the use of sound in this piece, I'm so absorbed by it :D
The music just sounds so organic!! 31edo works so well for these kinds of sonorities.
(I'm also from the Xenharmonic Alliance FB group.)
Loving the tranquil serenity.
Thank you for the amazing video, And I hope this does make it onto an album one day because I'd love to hear you sing.🙃
I can't wait for a full album!
I was supposed to release my neo-soul album first but 31 has just dominated my brain lol
This is so amazing! It's incredible how your microtonal music sounds so harmonious and, idk how to describe it but awesome!
Those opening chords ! :O Gorgeous textures here
The opening chord is so cool!
This is beautiful. It is, I think, a successful experiment indeed!
Truly musical and magical! What a wonderful and rare imagination you have. Thank you for sharing :)
MY mind has been officially blown! How long did this take you to create?
Thanks so much!
@@ZheannaErose Wow! You've got a great ear for 31edo. It seems like 31's huge this year!
The part at 2:27 is absolutely beautiful
sooo muchhh texturrrrre =)
Very nice! Do you also compose in 53-edo?
i want to be part of this world.
just by commenting and supporting you are part of this musical world.
@@ZheannaErose I guess joining the patreon and discord server might be too much then? too late! :D
thanks for your kindness and generosity. excited to learn a lot.
holy shit this is so cool
Shakuhachi? Great tone!
Bravo!
Thanks so much for listening! I'll be releasing a new 31edo piece shortly!
hoooly shit this is amazing
this makes me think of the cretaceous period for some reason
Excellent work. What sound sources are you using?
I use all various sample libraries and retune them in kontakt with .nki scripts. I also use Serum, Pigment, and Alchemy for microtonal synthesis. I also use Spectrasonics Keyscape and import my own tunings for the sampling engine.
It seems just about any sample library or synth can be microtonal if you find the right path.
0:53 reminds me so much of the horizon games
can you make a playlist for your songs?