Iceface tuning: Difference between revisions

'''Ice-face tuning''' is a method of performing quarter tones on a standard piano or harp by tuning the black notes or accidentals 50 cents higher than normal. The result is an uneven 12-tone scale that consists of the formula: LsLsMLsLsLM where the L consists of 150 cents, the M of 100 cents, and the s of 50 cents. The scale may be referred to as Ice-face[12] and consists of three sizes of tones. It can be notated as:

C Dd D Ed E F Gd G Ad A Bd B C.

The idea of Ice-face came from Hidekazu Wakabayashi in a dream he had. Wakabayashi claimed that he saw a woman playing a piano that was presumably tuned in the same way that Ice-face[12] is tuned.

"Iced" is a way to refer to a neutral interval to describe the quality it has. Unlike "neutral", iced sounds much less ambiguous and gives the impression that it has a distinct quality rather than just sticking it between major and minor as neutral intervals sound like neither major or minor but in fact have a sound described as "Iced".

<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Tuning in [[Scala|Scala]] format:</span>

<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">The scale can be thought of as [[Mohajira|Mohajira]][7] superimposed over a diatonic major scale. </span>Take for example, C major C D E F G A B C, and combine it with the Mohajira[7] mode "Iced Major" C D Ed F G Ad Bd C. This gives a scale of C D Ed E F G Ad A Bd B C, a 10-element subset of Iceface[12] as described above.

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==Examples==

<ul><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/i-love-you-but-i-love-you I love you, but I love you (Iceface tuned piano) by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/papers-on-the-ground-for Papers on the Ground by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/lucid-fairy-tale-iceface-tuned Lucid Fairy Tale by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-invention-by-jyunetica Iceface Invention by JyuneticA ("icefaced" by H. Wakabayashi)]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/the-iceface-way-iceface-tuned-piano-a432-khz-from-youtube The Iceface Way by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-tuned-guitar Iceface Tuned Guitar by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li><li>[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/sweet-and-microtonal-from-youtube-iceface-tuned-guitar-in-simple-chords Sweet and Microtonal by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]</li></ul>

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