Nick Vuci

My most commonly used system is [https://en.xen.wiki/w/Overtone_scale#Introduction_-_Modes_of_the_Harmonic_Series Mode 32 of the Harmonic Series], as it provides a good approximation of 12-EDO as well as being a conceptually simple and powerful overtone scale. As such it has been the most common tuning of my keyboard for many years.

This is the earliest music file I can currently find and it dates from 2016. It was written as a mock up for two of my friends with the intention that we would play it together (them on guitar and bass and me on keyboard tuned to Mode 32). However due to conflicting personal obligations (mostly from me) it was never played live.  

This work arose from my own desires as a listener. I wanted a minimalistic piece that I could listen to over and over again but which would change a bit each time. Since I'm not smart enough to make one of those ever-changing algorithmic compositions I settled with a fairly simple concept: a series of short pieces that flow into each other, the order of which can be changed randomly without losing any cohesion. The pieces are all organized in an AB form reminiscent of a prelude and fugue with an improvisatory section followed by a strict section, with both sections focusing on the same basic motif. I often put this work on shuffle and repeat and just chill with it in the background. It can be heard on [https://open.spotify.com/album/5eKm29qtZdFI44rw3Zn2Qk?si=pk24B_3CR5y-gP84S_xBsA&dl_branch=1 Spotify] or [https://music.apple.com/us/album/harmonic-series-sound-bath-for-retuned-solo-piano/1548833484 Apple Music], among other streaming platforms.  

The majority of music I've made in 16-EDO is in the Mavila[7] scale, and also uses a 16NEJI/128 instead of just 16-EDO. However, I do have one piece that is purely based on 16-EDO with no reference to Mavila at all. It's the following EDM piece, which is actually based on a tone row that uses all pitches AND all intervals of 16-EDO.

Here are 7 studies in each mode of Mavila[7]. The studies are each composed of a melody with triadic accompaniment.

These scales come from many places: some are from the Scala Scale Archive, some from Sevish's scale packs, some from random places on the web. What's the same between all of them is that I make music with them from a classical western perspective, and do not try to mimic or emulate any other culture's musical idioms and characteristics.  

I noticed that lots of people seemed to find that Erik Satie's famous "Gymnopédies" suitable for microtonal retuning and arrangement. This inspired me to study the 3 pieces Satie wrote, analyze the form, and craft my own set following his lead.