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    MET-24: A Milder Extended Temperament

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Greg Davis: New Primes

Ben Harper·September 19, 2022
Review originally appeared in ‘Boring Like A Drill’ by Ben Harper. There’s something pleasing and aspirational in the...
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MET-24: A Milder Extended Temperament

Margo Schulter·July 15, 2022
During late 2001-2002 it was my privilege to collaborate with George Secor on musical projects including his revisiting...
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Polytope

Daniel Corral·January 4, 2022
This article describes the compositional and performance practices involved in my 2018 piece Polytope. This microtonal multimedia piece is performed by 4 musicians playing Launchpad Pros in total darkness, with live feed video and electronic 4-channel sound.
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An Interview With Warren Burt

Kraig Grady·December 12, 2021
An Interview with Warren Burt discussing his extensive history with microtonality
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Donald Bousted

Stephen Altoft·December 11, 2021
Composer- Film Maker and Member of Xenharmonikon’s Advisor Board By Stephen Altoft Donald Bousted was active in the...
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Small but important differences: Christopher Otto’s ‘rag′sma’

Ben Harper·November 5, 2021
In rag′sma, two pre-recorded string quartets start from the same place and slowly weave back and forth on these simple harmonies, with each step building from the previous note instead of from a common reference tone. One quartet inexorably rises while the other falls,
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On The Passing of Barbara Hero

Kraig Grady·September 11, 2021
Barbara Hero left us on August 9, 2021 at the age of 96. She gave us a unique...
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Portrait of Juhani Nuovala by Maarit Kytöharju

An Interview with Juhani Nuorvala

Kraig Grady·September 3, 2021
KG: May I ask how you first became interested in microtones? JN: I never had that early experience...
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The Symmetry of a Tonnetz, Un-transposable Harmonic Modes, and Modes of Synthesised Inversional Symmetry.

Dylan Crismani·February 24, 2021
In a letter to John Chalmers, written on April 26, 1975 Erv Wilson writes the following: “The basic...
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The Axial Chord — A Basis for 2.3.7.11 Harmony

Paul Johnson·April 27, 2020
Introduction: In this paper I discuss the chord 32:33:42:44:56 as the basis for a new harmonic system, comparing...
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