Tuning Methods

Harmonic Series Tunings

Modified Harmonic Fragment

19-base Modified Harmonic Fragment
19-37, replacing 31, 33, & 37, with 45, 51, & 53
Scale
Degree
Harmonic   Ratio   QuotientCentsGap
in
Cents
1191:110.0094
22020:191.05263157988.8089
32121:191.105263158173.2784
42222:191.157894737253.8081
54545:381.184210526292.7139
62323:191.210526316330.7638
72424:191.263157895404.4474
82525:191.315789474475.1171
95151:381.342105263509.4034
102626:191.368421053543.0134
115353:381.394736842575.9933
122727:191.421052632608.3532
132828:191.473684211671.3163
142929:191.526315789732.0661
153030:191.578947368790.7659
163232:191.684210526902.49112
173434:191.7894736841007.44105
183535:191.8421052631057.6350
193636:191.8947368421106.4049

crawlspace.mp3 - length 3:16, size: 3 MB

The plain 19-37 fragment contained two primes I didn't need for Crawlspace: 31 & 37. For some reason, I didn't seem to need 33, either, even though its the 3:2 of 22, and 22 occurs frequently enough. I did need the 3:2s of 30 & 34, so I added 45 & 51. The ostinato pattern required 53 in order to feel right.

There are 10 primes represented. The largest step size is 112 cents, and the smallest is 32. All step sizes are unique.

Crawlspace was written as creepy background music for custom levels of the classic computer video game, DooM.


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