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This is a short piano piece I have composed using microtones. I hope you like it!

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1 minute ago, Jean Szulc said:

Sounds amazing!

The question is: how exactly do you expect it to be performed? Is it for one piano using a specific tuning, or will this be performed on multiple instruments each with a different tuning?

 

Thank you! I think it has to be performed using two pianos; maybe with slowing it down a little.

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7 minutes ago, Jean Szulc said:

Do you have a score for it? It would be very useful to see how that could be achieved.

By the way, what is that sound around 0:32?

 

This is the score.The Biggest Suicidal.pdf

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I think this will be incredibly hard to play if divided into two people. Perhaps a two keyboard harpsichord might be useful, if each one is tuned a half-tone apart. Besides that, I don’t see another way of doing it other than by an immense effort by a couple of musicians. 

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Interesting concept. I know when I was studying at CCPA in Chicago, we had a piano that was able to play microtones. I honestly never got into it -even though I know the potential for enhancing and expanding the scope of harmonies is greatly increased through the use of microtones.

That said, nice work. Would love to hear it live.

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13 hours ago, cloud10000 said:

how did you make this kind of sound effect? using computer? how to change a tonal piece into a microtonal one? teach me please

 

I did that using a notation software; MuseScore. There is an option for notating microtones, and a plugin you can download to get playback. I made use of Arabic maqams (special scales) that contain microtones. 

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