BudjarnLambeth
Joined 22 July 2022
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* Born: 1999 | * Born: 1999 | ||
* Pronouns: he/she | * Pronouns: he/she | ||
* Nationality: Bundjalung (Aboriginal) and Australian | |||
* Contactable at: https://www.facebook.com/budjarnlambeth/ or on my [[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk page]] | * Contactable at: https://www.facebook.com/budjarnlambeth/ or on my [[User talk:BudjarnLambeth|talk page]] | ||
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Lambeth recommends the following tunings for Western musicians exploring world music traditions: | Lambeth recommends the following tunings for Western musicians exploring world music traditions: | ||
* '''For Gamelan scales (Pelog/Slendro):''' He recommends specific EDOs that approximate these scales | * '''For Gamelan scales (Pelog/Slendro):''' He recommends specific EDOs that approximate these scales well. His personal favorite is '''44edo'''. Other good approximations include 21, 23, 35, 39, 40, 42, 54, and 60edo. | ||
** More detailed version: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Edo approximations of gamelan scales]] | ** More detailed version: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Edo approximations of gamelan scales]] | ||
* '''For Japanese scales:''' He prefers '''Meantone''' temperaments in '''55edo''', '''98edo''', or '''43edo''' (approx. 1/5-comma meantone). He generally dislikes 5-limit JI or Pythagorean tunings for these scales, finding the "wolf" intervals objectionable. | * '''For Japanese scales:''' He prefers '''Meantone''' temperaments in '''55edo''', '''98edo''', or '''43edo''' (approx. 1/5-comma meantone). He generally dislikes 5-limit JI or Pythagorean tunings for these scales, finding the "wolf" intervals objectionable. | ||
** More detailed version: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Some tunings for Japanese scales]] | ** More detailed version: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Some tunings for Japanese scales]] | ||
==== Original music ==== | |||
Since late 2023, Budjarn Lambeth has cultivated a prolific hobbyist career as a microtonal composer, turning his YouTube channel into a public laboratory for xenharmonic experimentation. Utilizing a specialized toolkit—including Scale Workshop, ThumbJam, GeoShred, AudioKit Synth One and Audacity—Lambeth explores the mathematical "cracks between the keys" of standard tuning. His work is defined by a process-driven curiosity and an open-source spirit, frequently offering his compositions as "free to use" while providing educational links to tuning theory. His output is remarkably diverse, spanning everything from 19EDO (Equal Division of the Octave) to complex just intonation and obscure temperaments like Orwell and Sensi. | |||
The artistic trajectory of Lambeth’s career reached a significant milestone in August 2024 with "Four Improvisations in 21-Tone Equal Temperament," which remains his flagship work with over 1,700 views and a perfect 100% like ratio. This success signaled a shift from purely technical tuning demonstrations to more atmospheric and narrative-driven compositions. Earlier highlights, such as the surreal "Enchanted Shopping Mall" (33EDO) and the playful "Bubblegum," demonstrated his ability to make alien scales feel emotionally accessible. | |||
By 2025 and 2026, Lambeth’s work matured into more cinematic and evocative territory, evidenced by titles like "The Odd Effects of Breathing the Fairy Dust" (59EDO) and "Rain in the Crystal Mirror Caves." While some of his more radical experiments—such as those in smaller, more dissonant edos like 15edo and 16edo—have occasionally polarized his listeners, he maintains a dedicated niche audience that values his unique blend of rigorous music theory and poetic sensibility. | |||
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* The [[breuddwyd6|breuddwyd-6]] scale | * The [[breuddwyd6|breuddwyd-6]] scale | ||
* The [[35edo#Scales|fourfourths]] scale | * The [[35edo#Scales|fourfourths]] scale | ||
* The [[Maeve Gutierrez#Gutierrez-Lambeth otonal neutral hexatonic|Gutierrez-Lambeth otonal neutral hexatonic]] scale | |||
* The [[38edo#Scales|hemisettled11]] scale | * The [[38edo#Scales|hemisettled11]] scale | ||
* The [[38edo#Scales|hemisettled16]] scale | * The [[38edo#Scales|hemisettled16]] scale | ||
* The [[27edo#Scales|hypersakura]] scale | * The [[27edo#Scales|hypersakura]] scale | ||
* The [[8afdo#Scales|ionosphere]] scale | |||
* The [[30edo#Scales|iron filing]] scale | * The [[30edo#Scales|iron filing]] scale | ||
* The [[9edf#Scales|molten pelog]] scale | * The [[9edf#Scales|molten pelog]] scale | ||
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** The [[Maeve Gutierrez#Gutierrez sunbreak scale|negative harmony sunbreak]] scale | ** The [[Maeve Gutierrez#Gutierrez sunbreak scale|negative harmony sunbreak]] scale | ||
** The [[Maeve Gutierrez#Gutierrez sunbreak scale|fractalized sunbreak]] scale | ** The [[Maeve Gutierrez#Gutierrez sunbreak scale|fractalized sunbreak]] scale | ||
* The [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Volcanic glass|volcanic glass]] scale | |||
* All the scales listed at: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Quasipelog theory]] | * All the scales listed at: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Quasipelog theory]] | ||
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* The [[27edo#Scales|direct sunlight]] scale | * The [[27edo#Scales|direct sunlight]] scale | ||
* The [[Shoal17#Scales|driftwood]] scale | * The [[Shoal17#Scales|driftwood]] scale | ||
* The [[30edo#Scales|dusty]] scale | |||
* The [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Hall of mirrors#Enrichment scale|enrichment]] scale | * The [[User:BudjarnLambeth/Hall of mirrors#Enrichment scale|enrichment]] scale | ||
* The [[Peppermint-24#Salt and pepper scale and its subsets|evacuated planet]] scale | * The [[Peppermint-24#Salt and pepper scale and its subsets|evacuated planet]] scale | ||
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* The [[magnetosphere scale]] | * The [[magnetosphere scale]] | ||
* The [[16afdo#Scales|mechanical]] scale | * The [[16afdo#Scales|mechanical]] scale | ||
* The [[8afdo#Scales|metamorphic]] scale | |||
* The [[35edo#Scales|meta-monsoon]] scale | * The [[35edo#Scales|meta-monsoon]] scale | ||
** The [[5- to 10-tone scales in 47zpi|monsoon]] scale | ** The [[5- to 10-tone scales in 47zpi|monsoon]] scale | ||
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* The [[5- to 10-tone scales from the modes of the harmonic series#Macrotonal NEJI edos|tropicalpunch]] scale | * The [[5- to 10-tone scales from the modes of the harmonic series#Macrotonal NEJI edos|tropicalpunch]] scale | ||
* The [[Batch 89 temperaments#Example inflected MOS scale: UFO scale|UFO scale]] | * The [[Batch 89 temperaments#Example inflected MOS scale: UFO scale|UFO scale]] | ||
* The [[8afdo#Scales|ultraviolet]] scale | |||
* The [[8afdo#Scales|undercurrent]] scale | |||
* The [[67edo#Scales|understory]] scale | * The [[67edo#Scales|understory]] scale | ||
* The [[8afdo#Scales|upwelling]] scale | |||
* The [[16afdo#Scales|volcanic]] scale | * The [[16afdo#Scales|volcanic]] scale | ||
* The [[5- to 10-tone scales from the modes of the harmonic series#Macrotonal NEJI edos|whitechocolate]] scale | * The [[5- to 10-tone scales from the modes of the harmonic series#Macrotonal NEJI edos|whitechocolate]] scale | ||
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* '''Arbitrary numbers:''' It’s fine to explore the 2.3.5.101 [[subgroup]] if you want to. It doesn’t matter that it’s less [[concordant]] than 2.3.5.7. Explore it anyway and see what happens. Do some stuff with [[:Category:Novelties|arbitrary numbers]] that don’t make logical sense and just see what comes of it. That’s where the fun is! (Though do keep a “2.3” or “3.5” in there just to smooth over the gnarliest edges, heehee.) | * '''Arbitrary numbers:''' It’s fine to explore the 2.3.5.101 [[subgroup]] if you want to. It doesn’t matter that it’s less [[concordant]] than 2.3.5.7. Explore it anyway and see what happens. Do some stuff with [[:Category:Novelties|arbitrary numbers]] that don’t make logical sense and just see what comes of it. That’s where the fun is! (Though do keep a “2.3” or “3.5” in there just to smooth over the gnarliest edges, heehee.) | ||
* '''Importance of common names:''' I would prefer to use a temperament [[Temperament naming|named]] something fun like “waterslide” or “jinglebells” even if it has lots of error, over one named something dry and bland like “countertrihexakleismatic” even if it’s super [[damage|accurate]] and [[badness|technically better]] - a bland name can kill a temperament’s appeal, a fun name can create appeal out of nothing. | * '''Importance of common names:''' I would prefer to use a temperament [[Temperament naming|named]] something fun like “waterslide” or “jinglebells” even if it has lots of error, over one named something dry and bland like “countertrihexakleismatic” even if it’s super [[damage|accurate]] and [[badness|technically better]] - a bland name can kill a temperament’s appeal, a fun name can create appeal out of nothing. | ||
* '''My opinion on which intervals matter in a tuning system/the criteria for a good general-purpose tuning:''' | |||
::: [[User:BudjarnLambeth/The intervals I see as important]] | |||
* '''My opinion on zeta peak indexes:''' My view on to what degree [[zeta peak index]]es are useful or not. | * '''My opinion on zeta peak indexes:''' My view on to what degree [[zeta peak index]]es are useful or not. | ||