24edo/Music

< 24edo

This is a collection of pieces in 24edo (first section) and unequal derivatives thereof (second section).

24 equal divisions of the octave (24edo proper)

19th century

Fromental Halévy

• Prométhée enchaîné (1849, considered the first mainstream western orchestral composition to use quarter tones.)

20th century

Georg Friedrich Haas

• 3 Hommages (1985)

Alois Hába

• String Quartet no. 2 in Quarter-tone system, op. 7 (1920, recorded on unknown date by the Stamitz Quartett, provided to YouTube by Naxos Records 2025)
• String Quartet no. 3 in Quarter-tone system, op. 12 (1922, recorded 2014 by the Hába Quartet, provided to YouTube by NAXOS Records, score added to video by Helma in 2023)
• Suite for quarter-tone clarinet and quarter-tone piano No.1, op.24 (1925, performed by Milan Etlik, quarter-tone clarinet; Vladimir Koula, quarter-tone piano; unknown date of recording)

Todo: complete section Many works of Alois Hába need to be added here, as well as some in other tuning systems.

Jun Ishikawa

• "Trees in the Depths of the Earth" from Kirby Super Star OST (1996)

Joseph Monzo

• 24-equal Tune (1994)

They Might Be Giants

• David Dinkins (1996)
• John Purroy Mitchel (1996)

Ivan Wyschnegradsky

• 24 Préludes dans l'échelle chromatique diatonisée à 13 sons, op. 22 (1934, rev. 1960-70)
  • "24 Préludes, Étude sur les mouvements rotatoires" CD recording (2002) (playlist), performed by Martine Joste and Sylvaine Billier
  • Same recording as above, in a single video
  • Video recording (2021), performed by Петр Айду (Piotr Aidu) and Анастасия Теренкова (Anastasia Terenkova)
  • Unidentified recording (with sheet music)
  • Unidentified recording (excerpts), performed by Josef Christof and Steffen Schleiermacher
• "Dithyramb" Quarter-Tone Piece for Two Pianos (1923 – 1924); completed posthumously by Bruce Mather (1990); performed by Martine Joste and Sylvaine Billier (1991)
• Intégration op. 49 no. 2 (1963/67, with score, 2 recordings: description in French by Ivan Wyschnegradsky at up to 00:02, transcribed and translated in video comments; performance by Bruce Mather & Pierrette LePage starts at 00:05; performance by Gertrud Schneider & Thomas Bächli starts at 05:48)
• Op.53 String Trio (1979, completed posthumously by Claude Ballif; performed by Arditti Quartet, 1982)

Todo: complete section Many works of Ivan Wyschnegradsky need to be added here, as well as some in other tuning systems.

21st century

Ethan Almog

• 24 TET Harmonic Progression 11# (2025)
• 24 TET Harmonic Progression 15# (2025)
• 24 TET Harmonic Progression 17# (Square Lead Synthesizer) (2025)
• 24 TET Harmonic Progression 18# (Piano) (2026)

Angine de Poitrine

• Vol.1 (2024) – Bandcamp – 6-piece album
• Vol.II (2026) – Bandcamp – 6-piece album
  • Live on KEXP

Angine de Poitrine and Bryan Deister

• "Sarniezz", from Vol.II (2026) – Lumatone cover by Bryan Deister (2026)

avoset

• "shimmer", from 2023 Collection: DARKMODE – Bandcamp | YouTube

Bazil Müzik

• Bye Dydimus (2019)

Nathan BeDell

• Quarter Tone Prelude For Two Harps^{[dead link]}

Dawson Berry

• Folly of a Drunk (2020) – listen | score | SoundCloud

Dawson Berry and Flora Canou

• Folly of a Drunk (2020) – arranged for the progressive chamber orchestra by Flora Canou (2024) – SoundCloud

Body Breaks

• Bad Trouble

Bryan Deister

• Sleipnir (2023)
• Shadow Play (2023)
• 24edo lullaby (2024)
• In Your Hands (2024)
• 24edo jam (2025)
• 24edo groove (2026)

dotuXil

• "Reconfiguration in Progress" from Collected Refractions (2024)

Estudo Xenharmonia

• Harmonia Funcional em Escala Microtonal | Functional Harmony in a 24-EDO Microtonal Scale (2026)

Francium

• A Microtonal Prelude (2022)
• Melancholie (2022, original version)
• Reclusão (2022)
• Partyopfer (2022)
• Languid (2022)
• An 80's Theme (2022)
• Pendulum (2022)
• Relaxing Holidays (2022)
• Party At The Mysterious End (2022)
• Piano Duet No. 3, for two by a quarter tone detuned pianos (2022)
• Schlepping (2022)
• Neutral Thirds Circle (2022)
• A Microtonal Invention (2022)
• When Mom Isn't Home (2022)
• wonky #3 (2023)
• Bizaram Az Dime Shoma (2023)
• "Melancholie" from Melancholie (2023, remixed version) – Spotify | Bandcamp
• Walk of the Caravan (2024)
• Welcome Message (2026)

Jake Freivald

• Lament in the freivaldneutral24 scale.
• Mo - Happy - Happy play in Neutral[7] (2.3.11 mohajira), 24edo tuning (2013)

Mason Green

• Serena^{[dead link]} (intro and coda in 24edo, the rest is in 12edo)
• Autumn Girl (2013)

groundfault

• "Rail Twinge", from A New Dusk (2024) – Bandcamp | YouTube (8:01–9:55) – in part, the rest being in 31edo
• "Nocturne Paranoia", from Souvenirs of the Affliction (2025) – Bandcamp | YouTube (10:08–16:09)

Hideya

• Like Stairs (2020)

Han Hitchen

• burnt trees will never unburn (2024) – starts in 12edo, then 24edo, then the continuous pitch spectrum

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

• From Gumboot Soup (2017)
  • "Greenhouse Heat Death" · "All Is Known"
• From Sketches of Brunswick East (2017)
  • "D-Day" · "The Book"
• Flying Microtonal Banana (2017) – 9-piece album
  • "Rattlesnake" · "Melting" · "Open Water" · "Sleep Drifter" · "Billabong Valley" · "Anoxia" · "Doom City" · "Nuclear Fusion" · "Flying Microtonal Banana"
• K.G. (2020) – 10-piece album
  • "K.G.L.W." · "Automation" · "Minimum Brain Size" · "Straws In The Wind" · "Some Of Us" · "Ontology" · "Intrasport" · "Oddlife" · "Honey" · "The Hungry Wolf of Fate"
• L.W. (2021) – 9-piece album
  • "If Not Now, Then When?" · "O.N.E" · "Pleura" · "Supreme Ascendancy" · "Static Electricity" · "East West Link" · "Ataraxia" · "See Me" · "K.G.L.W."
• Demos and live performances: bootleg gizzard, YouTube

William Lynch

• Autumn Winds (2013)
• Easter Time at Nine (2013)
• Waters of Persia (2013) – in mohajira, 24et tuning.

maily

• the P00 song (2024)

Mandrake

• Pink Noise (2022)

Emiliano Manna

• trying microtonal playback in Musescore 4 (2024)

Man of Arun

• Nothing But A Dreamer (2023)

Shaahin Mohajeri

• Microhex3, Microhex4, and Microhex5

Paweł Mykietyn

• Klave for Microtonal Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra (2004) – score-video, performed by Elżbieta Chojnacka with Marek Moś conducting the AUKSO chamber orchestra of the city of Tychy, uploaded by Quinone Bob with permission from Paweł Mykietyn

Nick, The NRG

• Alive (2026)

norokusi

• Adagio for strings (2020)
• from Route 24 (2020)
  • "1. Jupiter's rebuttal"
  • "2. The Steel Holiday"
• Serenade for Harp and Strings (2021)
  • the above arranged for harp and orchestra (2026)
• from Lyric Pieces for strings (2021)
  • "I. Romanza"
  • "II. Cantabile"
  • "III. Elegie"
  • "IV. Melancolia"
  • "V. Canon"
  • "VI. Song of Summer"
• Menuett for String Orchestra n. 1007 (2021)
• from Lyric Pieces for strings Book 2 (2021)
  • "I. Autumn"
  • "II. Dry Leaves"
  • "III. The Farewell"
  • "IV. Eclogue"
  • "V. Silent Woods"
  • "VI. Nocturne"
• Octet (2026)
• Tombeau for Strings (2026)

NullPointerException Music

• "Outwards", from Edolian (2020)

Jan Wouter Oostenrijik

• We are Connected (2017)
• 'Maqam Saba Maqam Bayat Maqam Rast (2017) Scale demonstrations.
• Taqsim Bayat (2020)
• Carry On (2023)
• Travelling East (2024)

Pastenkopie

• Summoning (before 2025)

potatunes

• 24 EDO Microtonal Choral: An Experiment With Microtones (2025)

StarNote Riste

• Lucid Zone (2020)
• Moon Shadow (月影) (2021)

Ignacio Rosado

• Cabinet of Spices (2025) - 12edo, 24edo and 31edo

They Might Be Giants

• Flo Wheeler (2018)
• I Haven't Been Right Yet (2018)

Toshiyuki Sudo

• Anarchy Rainbow (2022)

Chris Vaisvil

• Quarterpicnic
• Fretless Chrome 1 and Fretless Chrome 2 (2011)

Valeriana of the Night

• Burn (2023)

White_xianyu (白_弦余)

• Stunt in A neutral (2022)

Yeah Gore

• Headaches plus nausea (2021)

Zewen Senpai

• A Short Walk At Twilight (2022)
• Simple Folk Etude (2022)

Randy Wells

• Stygian Gates (2021)
• The Triumph of Death (2026) – for 24edo orchestra, alternates between 24edo and 12edo
• my tape player chewed up the universe (2026)

Gordon Wery

• when it blooms (2021)

Unequal derivatives of 24edo

Bryan Deister

• 24 tone unequal improv (2026)