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'''Maeve Gutierrez''' is a producer of [[microtonal]] hyperpop, ambient and other experimental electronic music. In her music, she has explored [[27edo]], [[31edo]] and various [[just intonation]] scales among other tunings. She is also a music theorist who extensively uses [[Scale Workshop]].
'''Maeve Gutierrez''' is a producer of [[microtonal]] hyperpop, ambient and other experimental electronic music. In her music, she has explored [[27edo]], [[31edo]], [[36edo]] and various [[just intonation]] scales among other tunings. She is also a music theorist who extensively uses [[Scale Workshop]]. She is the number one fan of the 7/6 subminor third.


== Discography and socials ==
== Discography and socials ==
* [https://www.instagram.com/m43v3.wav/ Maeve Gutierrez on Instagram]
* [https://www.instagram.com/m43v3.wav/ Maeve Gutierrez on Instagram]
* [https://music.apple.com/sa/artist/maeve-gutierrez/1754562060 Maeve Gutierrez on Apple Music]
* [https://music.apple.com/sa/artist/maeve-gutierrez/1754562060 Maeve Gutierrez on Apple Music]
* [https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Db6qdVgx5XP4BHsFndAtA Maeve Gutierrez on Spotify]


== Invented scales and chords (named) ==
== Invented scales and chords (named) ==
'''septimal subphrygian d4 d5'''
<small>subminor-coloured scales often use subminor 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths. i realized through experimentation that flattening the 2nds, 4ths, and 5ths by a similar amount that the minor 3rd, 6th, and 7th are flattened creates really pretty scales!! i have made a few submajor, subminor, and subdorian scales using this method, but this septimal scale is my favourite so far:</small>
<small>[[21/20]] subminor 2nd (84.467 cents)</small>
<small>[[7/6]] subminor 2nd (266.871 cents)</small>
<small>[[21/16]] sub 4th (470.781 cents)</small>
<small>[[28/19]] sub 5th/🐺(671.313 cents)</small>
<small>[[14/9]] subminor 6th (764.916 cents)</small>
<small>[[7/4]] subminor/harmonic 7th (968.826)</small>
<small>[[2/1]] octave (1200c)</small>
'''Lavender hexatonic scale'''
<small>i designed this scale to have a soft, dreamlike sound! it is very xenharmonic, but not very dissonant. it is used in my song "lavender".</small>
[[12/11]] neutral 2nd (150.637 cents)
[[7/6]] subminor 3rd (266.871 cents)
[[21/16]] sub4th (470.781 cents)
[[105/64]] neutral 6th (857.09 cents)
[[44/25]] subminor 7th (978.691 cents)
[[2/1]] octave/unison
=== 6ed7/3''+''7edo scale ===
{{main|6ed7/3#6ed7/3+7edo scale}}


=== Gutierrez Moonglade scale ===
=== Gutierrez Moonglade scale ===
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the 24-tone scale she used in her piece 'Moonglade'.  
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the 24-tone scale she used in her pieces 'moonglade' and "la helada".  


This was the post:
This was the post:
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* {{EDOs|64, 72, 78, 80, 84, 90, 107, 120, 144, 162, 186, 258, 270...}}
* {{EDOs|64, 72, 78, 80, 84, 90, 107, 120, 144, 162, 186, 258, 270...}}


[[Detempering]] in [[19-limit]] just intonation:
[[Detempering]] in [[23-limit]] just intonation:
* 121/120 — 20/19 — 10/9 — 9/8 — 13/11 — 6/5 — 5/4 — 4/3 — 23/17 — 7/5 — 40/27 — 3/2 — 50/33 — 11/7 — 33/20 — 5/3 — 7/4 — 23/13 — 9/5 — 224/121 — 13/7 — 17/9 — 65/33 — 2/1
* 121/120 — 20/19 — 10/9 — 9/8 — 13/11 — 6/5 — 5/4 — 4/3 — 23/17 — 7/5 — 40/27 — 3/2 — 50/33 — 11/7 — 33/20 — 5/3 — 7/4 — 23/13 — 9/5 — 224/121 — 13/7 — 17/9 — 65/33 — 2/1
* (identical to original scale within 5{{c}})
* (identical to original scale within 5{{c}})
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* (12-tone)
* (12-tone)
* 187/175 - 9/8 — 20/17 — 14/11 — 34/25 — 25/17 — 280/187 - 11/7 — 17/10 — 16/9 — 350/187 - 2/1
* 187/175 - 9/8 — 20/17 — 14/11 — 34/25 — 25/17 — 280/187 - 11/7 — 17/10 — 16/9 — 350/187 - 2/1
; Fractalized sunbreak
Every [[mode]] (rotation) of original sunbreak, overlayed onto one scale.
* (21-tone)
* 187/175 — 9/8 — 112/99 — 20/17 — 272/225 — 5/4 — 14/11 — 45/34 — 187/140 — 34/25 — 25/17 — 280/187 — 68/45 — 11/7 — 8/5 — 225/136 — 17/10 — 99/56 — 16/9 — 350/187 — 2/1


=== Gutierrez wisp scale ===
=== Gutierrez wisp scale ===
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[[Category:Tempered scales]]
[[Category:Tempered scales]]
[[Category:Nonoctave]]
[[Category:Nonoctave]]
==== Gutierrez doubled wisp scale ====
In December 2025, Gutierrez made this variant of the wisp scale by duplicating the chord made from the first 4 notes of the wisp scale, offset by 30 cents, until it fills the octave. She described it as 'adding shimmers and some more familiar intervals' and having a "very mysterious sound".
<pre>30.000
266.871
296.871
484.920
514.920
669.278
699.278
936.149
966.149
1200.000</pre>
==== Will-o-wisps' scale ====
A variant of the wisp scale created by [[Budjarn Lambeth]]. It repeats at the double octave ([[4/1]]).
It is a [[JI]] scale as follows:
*7/6, 4/3, 3/2, 9/5, 2/1, 13/6, 7/3, 8/3, 3/1, 17/5, 19/5, 4/1
This is a no-11s [[19-limit]] scale.
It can be approximated into [[27edo]]. As absolute steps of 27edo it is:
* 6\27, 11\27, 16\27, 23\27, 27\27, 30\27, 33\27, 38\27, 43\27, 48\27, 52\27, 54\27
54\27 being a [[period]] after which the scale repeats.
; Music
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpcIkElKQc ''Will-O-Wisps''] - Budjarn Lambeth (2025)


== Invented scales and chords (unnamed) ==
== Invented scales and chords (unnamed) ==
{{Idiosyncratic terms|Names of scales made up by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] for the purpose of documentation; if Gutierrez names the scales at some point, Gutierrez's names should be used instead.}}
{{Idiosyncratic terms|Names of scales made up by [[Budjarn Lambeth]] for the purpose of documentation; if Gutierrez names the scales at some point, Gutierrez's names should be used instead.}}


=== 6ed7/3''+''7edo scale ===
=== Generator sequence 7/6, 9/8, 8/7 (4/1 period, 10-tone) ===
{{main|6ed7/3#6ed7/3+7edo scale}}
Gutierrez described this scale in December 2025: "the 2 octaves have similar notes (with the semiflat 4 or 11 existing in both) so it can be fun to play the same melody in both octaves for a shimmery sound which works well with bell-like timbres, but the second octave also allows chord extentions like subminor maj9 or susd4maj13"
 
<pre>
7/6        267c    sin3
21/16    471c    semiflat4
3/2        702c    perfect 5
7/4        969c    harm7
63/32    1173c  suboctave
9/4        1404c  maj9             
21/8      1671c  semiflat 11 
189/64  1875c  🐺 tritave     
27/8      2106c  maj13   
4/1        2400c  octave
</pre>
 
=== Generator sequence 11/6, 13/8 (2/1 period, 10-tone) ===
''(Described December 2025.)''
<pre>
224939/221184
20449/18432
4599777611/4076863488
418161601/339738624
1573/1152
143/96
32166277/21233664
2924207/1769472
11/6
2/1
</pre>
 
=== Generator sequence 200, 171.429 (2/1 period) with pure 7/4 added ===
Gutierrez described this scale in April 2026:
 
<pre>
200.000
371.429
571.429
742.858
942.858
968.892
1114.287
1200.000
</pre>
 
[https://scaleworkshop.plainsound.org/scale/d4y1I100G (Scale Workshop url)]
 
Budjarn Lambeth tested this scale in all [[afdo]]s and [[edo]]s up to 100, and he believes it sounds best in: [[72afdo]], [[84afdo]], [[52edo]], [[67edo]] and [[84edo]].
 
==== Gutierrez-Lambeth otonal neutral hexatonic ====
[[Budjarn Lambeth]] made a variant of Maeve's scale by taking a 6-tone subset and then moving individual intervals around by a [[chroma]] until he could 'play the melody he was hearing in his head':
 
<pre>
371.429
571.429
685.718
857.148
968.892
1200.000
</pre>
 
Budjarn Lambeth tested this scale in all [[afdo]]s and [[edo]]s up to 100, and he believes it sounds best in: '''[[25afdo]]''', [[72afdo]], [[84afdo]], [[52edo]], [[67edo]] and [[84edo]].
 
<pre>31/25
35/25
37/25
41/25
44/25
50/25
 
89/72
100/72
107/72
118/72
126/72
144/72


=== Gutierrez 11/1-period heptachord ===
104/84
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the following [[nonoctave]], 7-tone [[just intonation]] chord:
117/84
* 11/9 — 19/7 — 3/1 — 19/4 — 7/1 — 9/1 — 11/1
125/84
It is a [[19-limit]] chord.
138/84
147/84
168/84


[[Budjarn Lambeth]] was inspired by this chord to create the [[moon dust]] scale, in which Gutierrez's chord and subsets thereof is the most foundational consonance.
16\52
25\52
30\52
37\52
42\52
52\52


[[EDO]]s that approximate the chord well for their size include:
21\67
* {{EDOs|31, 41, 48, 72, 89, 104...}}
32\67
38\67
48\67
54\67
67\67


[[EDT]]s that approximate the chord better than any smaller EDT include:
26\84
* {{EDTs|22, 34, 43, 65, 88, 110...}}
40\84
[[65edt]] also includes the [[Bohlen-Pierce scale]] allowing this chord to be used above any degree of that scale.
48\84
60\84
68\84
84\84


The chord is closely approximated in [[63afdo|63]][[afdo]], as the JI chord:
27\88
* 63:77:171:189:299:441:567:693
42\88
[[Category:7-tone scales]]
50\88
[[Category:Just intonation scales]]
63\88
[[Category:Nonoctave]]
71\88
88\88</pre>


=== Gutierrez 7/6s-and-4/3s scale ===
=== Gutierrez 7/6s-and-4/3s scale ===
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[[Category:8-tone scales]]
[[Category:8-tone scales]]
[[Category:Just intonation scales]]
[[Category:Just intonation scales]]
=== Gutierrez 11/1-period heptachord ===
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the following [[nonoctave]], 7-tone [[just intonation]] chord:
* 11/9 — 19/7 — 3/1 — 19/4 — 7/1 — 9/1 — 11/1
It is a [[19-limit]] chord.
[[Budjarn Lambeth]] was inspired by this chord to create the [[moon dust]] scale, in which Gutierrez's chord and subsets thereof is the most foundational consonance.
[[EDO]]s that approximate the chord well for their size include:
* {{EDOs|31, 41, 48, 72, 89, 104...}}
[[EDT]]s that approximate the chord better than any smaller EDT include:
* {{EDTs|22, 34, 43, 65, 88, 110...}}
[[65edt]] also includes the [[Bohlen-Pierce scale]] allowing this chord to be used above any degree of that scale.
The chord is closely approximated in [[63afdo|63]][[afdo]], as the JI chord:
* 63:77:171:189:299:441:567:693
[[Category:7-tone scales]]
[[Category:Just intonation scales]]
[[Category:Nonoctave]]
=== Gutierrez Dec 2025 6-tone 12afdo subset ===
<pre>
13/12
7/6
4/3
3/2
10/6
7/4
2/1
</pre>
=== Gutierrez double primodal scales ===
These are to [[primodal]] scales what [[bihexany]]s are to [[hexany]]s (two copies of the scale offset by some [[just]] interval).
==== 17 Feb 2026 ====
<pre>
a fun subminor double primodal scale (6th mode of harmonics 7-14, scale duplicated at 78/77 comma around 22 cents)
fraction      ~cents      name             
1/1(2/1)      0 (1200)  unison/octave
78/77          22              comma         
13/12          139            small neu2
169/154      161            big neu2
7/6                267            sin7
13/11          289            min3
4/3                498            perf4
104/77        520            super4
3/2                702            perf5
117/77        724            semiaug 5
5/3                884            small maj6
130/77        907            big maj6
11/6            1049          neu7
13/7            1072          submaj7
</pre>
==== 19 Feb 2026 ====
<pre>
a fun subminor double primodal scale (6th mode of harmonics 7-14, scale duplicated at 78/77 comma around 22 cents)
fraction      ~cents      name             
1/1(2/1)      0 (1200)  unison/octave
78/77          22              comma         
13/12          139            small neu2
169/154      161            big neu2
7/6                267            sin7
13/11          289            min3
4/3                498            perf4
104/77        520            super4
3/2                702            perf5
117/77        724            semiaug 5
5/3                884            small maj6
130/77        907            big maj6
11/6            1049          neu7
13/7            1072          submaj7
</pre>


=== Gutierrez-Lambeth quasi-subharmonic pentatonic ===
=== Gutierrez-Lambeth quasi-subharmonic pentatonic ===
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[[Ed6]]s with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:  
[[Ed6]]s with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:  
* {{ED6s|23, 36, 46, 59, 69, 70, 72, 73, 79, 82, 96, 104, 113, 114, 127, 137, 150...}}
* {{EDs|equave=6|23, 36, 46, 59, 69, 70, 72, 73, 79, 82, 96, 104, 113, 114, 127, 137, 150...}}


[[Edo]]s with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:  
[[Edo]]s with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:  
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* 37 23 93 65 52
* 37 23 93 65 52
* (identical to original scale within 0.6{{c}})
* (identical to original scale within 0.6{{c}})
=== Gutierrez slendric plural-octave scale ===
Gutierrez described this scale in December 2025: "using a period of 7/4 on slendric generator sequence gives you alot of near-octaves so each octave is a different mode of the same scale"
<pre>8/7
21/16
3/2
12/7
7/4 (period)
2/1
147/64
21/8
3/1
49/16
7/2
1029/256
147/32
21/4
343/64
49/8
7203/1024
1029/128
147/16
2401/256
343/32
50421/4096
7203/512
1029/64
16807/1024 (5 periods)</pre>


== Other discoveries ==
== Other discoveries ==
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in October 2025, Gutierrez recorded that if you take all the intervals of [[3ed7/3]] up to its sharp [[tritave]] and octave-reduce them, you get a scale almost exactly the same (within 0.25{{c}}) as the [[superpyth]][5] [[MOS]] in [[27edo]], with step pattern 6 5 6 5 5.
; October 2025
Gutierrez was the first to explore [[13ed8/3]] as a possible tuning, describing its uses on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server.
 
== Scale recommendations ==
If a composer likes Gutierrez's original scales, they may also like scales by other theorists which Gutierrez has recommended using. These are some examples of those:
 
; [[Cloudtone]][10] in [[45edo]]
If you take two copies of [[5edo]] and offset them from each other by 27{{c}}, you get a scale almost exactly the same (within 0.34{{c}}) as the cloudtone[10] [[MOS scale]] in 45edo. This scale is good for [[dual-fifth]] usage.
* Step pattern: 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 ([[5L 5s]])
 
; [[Decimetra]][20] in [[90edo]]
If you take two copies of [[10edo]] and offset them from each other by 27{{c}}, you get a scale almost exactly the same (within 0.34{{c}}) as the decimetra[20] [[MOS scale]] in 90edo.
* Step pattern: 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 2 ([[10L 10s]])
 
; [[31edo modes|Superlydian b7 d6]] in [[31edo]]
Gutierrez: "F# [[31edo]] superlydian b7 d6 (5 7 3 3 4 4 5) has a very bright sound & has a good mix of [[consonance]] & [[dissonance]]... could also work in 24edo."
* Step pattern: 5 7 3 3 4 4 5
 
; [[Superpyth]][5] in [[27edo]]
If you take all the intervals of [[3ed7/3]] up to its sharp [[tritave]] and octave-reduce them, you get a scale almost exactly the same (within 0.25{{c}}) as the superpyth[5] [[MOS scale]] in 27edo. This scale sounds somewhere in between [[12edo]] pentatonic and [[5edo]] equipentatonic.
* Step pattern: 6 5 6 5 5 ([[2L 3s]])


== See also ==
{{Navbox scale gallery}}
* [[13ed8/3]] (a scale first described by Gutierrez)


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