19edo/Music

< 19edo

This is a collection of pieces in 19edo.

19 equal divisions of the octave (19edo proper)

Modern renderings

Adolphe Adam

• O Holy Night (1847) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Stephen Weigel (2019, on guitar and vocals)

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Prelude and Fugue in B minor, No. 24, BWV 869, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (1722) – played on electronic wind instrument by Fabio Costa (2023)
• 3-part Sinfonia in f minor, BWV 795 (c. 1723) – rendered by Fabio Costa (2018)
• "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (1723) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• "Prelude", Prelude and Fugue in A minor, No. 20, BWV 889, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (1742) – rendered by Fabio Costa (2018): 19edo at 00:00; 31edo at 03:55; 12edo at 07:48
• Prelude and Fugue in B minor, No. 24, BWV 893, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (1742) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin
  • "Prelude" · "Fugue"
• 1st movement from Gamba Sonata, BWV 1029 (late 1730s – early 1740s) – MIDI organ interpretation, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2011)
• Concerto, BWV 1043 (1730–1731 or earlier) – solo parts played at the organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)
• "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – tuned into 19edo implementation of Vicentino's 1/3-comma adaptive just intonation, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• "The Endlessly Rising Canon" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747)
  • MIDI organ interpretation – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2019)
  • Baroque ensemble interpretation – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2023)
• "Contrapunctus 4" from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
• "Contrapunctus 11" from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1742–1749) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
• "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" (The old year has passed), BWV 614 (1708–1717) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026, multiple versions testing different MIDI organ registration/timbre – see video descriptions)
  • (2026-01-22) · (2026-01-23)

Burt Bacharach

• What the World Needs Now (1965) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Stephen Weigel (2023, on Lumatone, diverse acoustic instruments with retuning of some from 12edo to 19edo using Melodyne, and vocals)

Broken Social Scene

• Anthems for a Seventeen Year‐Old Girl (2002) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Nicolaus Bruhns

• Prelude in E Minor "The Great" – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2023)
• Prelude in E Minor "The Little" – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)

John Bull

• Fantasia «Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La» (late 1500s/early 1600s, from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book Vol.1 No.51) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026)

Frédéric Chopin

• Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (1838) – arranged for organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• "Waterfall" Étude from 12 Études, op. 10 (1829–1832) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025)
  • Fortepiano version · Sine wave version
• Chopin Ballade No. 1 (1835) – rendered by YoVariable (2026)

Louis Couperin

• La Piémontoise (1658?) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026)

Claude Debussy

• Syrinx (1913) – performed by Fabio Costa on electronic wind instrument using samples and Surge XT (2023)
  • 00:00 – flute solo
  • 03:21 – arranged for flute quartet by Fabio Costa

FASTFAST

• Plans (2020) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Stephen Weigel on guitar and vocals and Chris Kline on ukelele (2026)

Gabriel Fauré

• Pavane, Op. 50 (1887) – arranged for harpsichord, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)

José Feliciano

• Feliz Navidad (1970) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Stephen Weigel (2019, on guitar and vocals)

Toby Fox

• Another Medium via Undertale (2015) – arranged and rendered by Pixel Artisan-Yanyi (像素工匠-岩毅) (2024)
• Sans. via Undertale (2015) – arranged and rendered by Pixel Artisan-Yanyi (像素工匠-岩毅) (2024)
• Core via Undertale (2015) – arranged and rendered by Pixel Artisan-Yanyi (像素工匠-岩毅) (2024)
• Snowdin Town via Undertale (2015) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2025)
• Fallen Down via Undertale (2015) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Ghost and Pals

• Housewife Radio (2018) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2025)

George Frideric Handel

• "Allemande" from Suite No. 3 in D minor, HWV 428 (1720) – for harpsichord, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)

Leigh Harline

• When You Wish Upon A Star (1939) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

I Monster

• Lust for a Vampyr (2009) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Maurice Jarre

• Thème romantique via Les Yeux sans visage (1960) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Scott Joplin

• Maple Leaf Rag (1899) – arranged for harpsichord, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024; 2025; 2026)
• Stoptime Rag (1910) – arranged for organ with stomps and without stomps, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026)

Kikuo

• corpse dance (2013) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2023)

Koji Kondo

• Ocarina of Time: Title Theme via The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2023)

Lemon Demon

• Aurora Borealis (2012) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Felix Mendelssohn

• "On Wings of Song", MWV K 86, from 6 Songs for voice and piano, Op. 34, No. 2 (1834/36) – arranged and rendered by Logan02A4 (2022)

Olivier Messiaen

• O sacrum convivium! (1937) – arranged and played on electronic wind instrument using samples and Surge XT by Fabio Costa (2023)

Mild High Club

• Homage (2016) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 (1789) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026)

Ren Guang and Wang Jianzhong

• Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon (1935) – arranged and rendered by Wslaozhu (2026)

Ridiculon (Matthias Bossi and Jon Evans)

• River of Despair (2021) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Domenico Scarlatti

• Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380 – rendered by Francium (2023)

Go Shiina (Masaru Shiina)

• Kamado Tanjirō no Uta (2019) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Eiko Shimamiya

• Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni OST - Main Theme (2006) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Yoko Shimomura

• Kairi l via Kingdom Hearts (2002) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Pedro Silva

• Lost Library via Omori (2020) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Jack Stauber

• Cupid (2019) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Sufjan Stevens

• Lumberjack Christmas (2012) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Stephen Weigel (2019, on unspecified instruments vocals)

Marco Uccellini

• Aria Sopra La Bergamasca – arranged for organ and rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)

Weezer

• Go Away - Weezer (microtonal cover in 19edo) (2014) – microtonal cover in 19edo by Bryan Deister (2026)
  • [Short] (Lumatone view)
  • [Full version]

Shan Yichun

• Pearl (2025) – arranged and rendered by Logan02A4 (2026)

YOASOBI

• "Yoru ni Kakeru" from The Book (2021) – arranged and rendered by RrrlCombinerrr (2022)

Medleys from multiple original composers

• Five Nights At Freddy's Medley – arrangement and microtonal cover in 19edo of the following songs from Five Nights at Freddy's (in order of appearance) by Bryan Deister (2023)
  • I Can’t Fix You (2016), by The Living Tombstone and Crusher-P
  • Crumbling Dreams (2016?), by Leon Riskin
  • Ständchen, D 889 (1826) by Franz Schubert (arranged in Five Night's at Freddy's as Bonnie's Lullaby)
  • Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador Song) from Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet (arranged in Five Night's at Freddy's as Freddy's Music)
  • Below The Surface (2016) by Griffinilla (Griffin Lewis)
  • It's Been So Long (2014) by The Living Tombstone

Traditional

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – arranged and rendered by Jiaqi Appreciates Music (嘉琪赏乐) (2021)
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – arranged and rendered by LynxCatTheThird (2022)
• 55 Days at Peking – arranged and rendered by Logan02A4 (2025)

16th century

Guillaume Costeley

• Seigneur Dieu ta pitié (1558) (Xenharmonic Wiki article); listen on YouTube (rendered by Roger Wibberley, 2012)

20th century

Easley Blackwood

• Fanfare in 19-note Equal Tuning (1980)

Ivor Darreg

• Prelude 2 for 19 tone guitar

Milan Guštar

• Zvíře (play) (1986)

Joel Mandelbaum

• Nine preludes for two pianos in 19-tone equal temperament (score only)

Joseph Monzo

• 19-Tone Samba (1998)

21st century

Abnormality

• Stream of Unconsciousness (2024)
• rainbow flavored icecream (2024)

Nae Ayy

• Probably Won't (2021)
• Go the Fuck to Sleep (2021)
• Fluos (2021)
• boozled bones (2021)

Christopher Bailey

• Sand (2020)
• Walking Down the Hillside at Cortona, and Seeing its Towers Rise Before Me^{[dead link]}
• Ditty^{[dead link]}

Jacob Barton

• Foum (2004)

Shanyuan Baihe-Yuri (杉原百合-Yuri)

• Samsara (2023)

Tristan Bay

• Ashland (2024)

Bazil Müzik

• Night Objects (2020)
• Ice Stream (2020)
• Empty Glass (2020)
• My pixelized friends (2021)
• Xenalgorithmic Jazzcore (2022)

Beheld

• Flourishing vibe (2024)

Stevie Boyes

• Cat Logic (2017)
• Love Shines Through (2019)

cadmium

• from THIRD EYE (2023)
  • "polarity"
  • "floating point"

Flora Canou

• Undevicesimal Fugues Vol. 1 (2020) – 2 classical fugues in 19et, 5-limit TOC tuning
• Undevicesimal Fugues Vol. 2 (2024) – ditto

Bryan Deister

• microtonal improvisation in 19edo (2023)
• Microtonal Fughetta in 19edo on the Weezer 'Buddy Holly' lick (2023)
• 19edo saccharine song (2024)
• My Love (2025)
• improv in 19edo (2025)
• 19edo waltz (2025)
• 19edo improv (2025)
• 19edo multi manual improv (2026)
• an idea in 19edo (2026)
• 19edo groove (2026)
• Sour Song in 19edo (2026)

dotuXil

• "Cheat Codes" from Collected Refractions (2024)

Zhea Erose

• Onism (2026)

Eufalesio

• "My Singing Machines Are Blasting Microtonal Music On Starhenge" from Microtonal stuff (2022)

FASTFAST

• Fastfast (feat. Stephen Weigel) - Plans - 19EDO/19TET - Microtonal Synthwave - MicroWave (2020)

filtercreed (SoundCloud profile)

• Daydream (2022)

Francium

• String Quartet No. 7 in A minor (2022)
• waves (2022)
• Lounge 19 (2022)
• I Used To Know You Better (2023) − cover, originally by Phlub (part of Cover My Song Project - Xen 2023 of the Xenharmonic Alliance; original ~12edo song linked in video description)
• "Billingsly" from The Decatonic Album (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Hand Structure" from TOTMC September to December 2024 (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube – in Kleismic[15], 19edo tuning
• Jump Of The Cliff (2026)

Andrew Heathwaite

• Thank You, John! (2025)
• Orifices Under Duress (2025)
• My Compost (2025)
• Art (2025)

HEHEHE I AM A SUPAHSTAR SAGA

• Sunsrise (2019)
• SokoBARN - Wet Cold Fur (2023)

Hideya

• Like pulsar (2021)
• Like rattling gear (2022)
• Like the movement of Saturn (2022)

Aaron Andrew Hunt

• Rondo in 19ET^{[dead link]}
• Star Spangled Banner in 19ET (2015)
• Präludium in 19ET, in 11/16 (2019)
• Fugue in 19ET (2020)

Aaron Krister Johnson

• The Juggler (2003)

Mykhaylo Khramov

• The Light Of My Betelgeuse^{[dead link]}

Chris Kline

• You Can't Play This in 12 (Negri Comma Song) - 19edo microtonal song by me ft. Stephen Weigel (2026, with Chris Kline on ukulele and Stephen Weigel on guitar)

Laboratory X

• empty thought (2023)

Budjarn Lambeth

• Improvisations in 19EDO (2024)

Logan02A4

• 19edo Piece Written in a Good Mental State (2024)

Löis Lancaster

• Movi-Nove^{[dead link]} (SoundCloud user page)

Mandrake

• Ride in the River Rares. (2022)

mannfishh

• song for stephen (2023) — performed by Stephen Weigel on 19edo guitar (2026)

Claudi Meneghin

• Fantasy and Fugue (2020) – for two organs
  • Full · "Fugue"
• Trio in Third-Comma Meantone (2020) – for recorder, soprano sax, and bassoon
• Charleston Variations (2021) – for organ & strings
• Chorale in 19edo (2021) – for 2 cornets, trombone, tuba
• Lytel Twyelyghte Musicke ("Little Twilight Music") (2021) – for brass and timpani
• Chaconne "Les Regrets" for Baroque Ensemble (2024)
• St. Louis Fugue (2024)
• Negri Suite (2024) – for harpsichord
• Sensi Fantasy, in 19edo (new version) for two organs (2026, evolved from the Fantasy in the Fantasy and Fugue of 2020, above)
• Sensi Fugue, in 19edo (new version) for two organs (2026, evolved from the Fugue in the Fantasy and Fugue of 2020, above)

Merct

• no good reason (2025)
• we're doomed (2025)

Joseph Monzo

• Darks and Whites (opening laundromat scene) (2006)

MortisTheneRd

• I'm Still Here (2023)

Naegleria Fowleri (site)

• Life Cycle (2018) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube – 9-piece album in 19edo

"Ia Cyst: Stasis" · "Ib Cyst: Emergence (feat. Spanky)" · "IIa Trophozoite: Olfactory Epithelium Attachment" · "IIb Trophozoite: Traversing the Cribriform Plate Axons" · "IIc Trophozoite: Binary Fusion" · "IId Trophozoite: Phagocytosis" · "III Metamorphosis" · "IVa Flagellate: Propulsion" · "IVb Flagellate: Proliferation"

• Prognosis Dire (2020) – Spotify | Bandcamp – 14-piece album in 19edo

"A Cabin in the Woods" · "Quick Dip" · "Headache" · "Fever" · "Nausea" · "Stiff Neck" · "Spinal Tap" · "P. A. M." · "Edematious Brain Lesions" · "Latex Agglutination" · "Flagellation Test" · "Amphotericin B" · "Miltefosine" · "Ataxia"

norokusi

• Piano Sonata n. 827 (2019–2020) − Bandcamp | YouTube ("1st movement" "2nd movement" "3rd movement")
• Piano Sonata n. 831 (2020) − Bandcamp | YouTube
• Piano Sonata n. 859 (2020) − Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Waltz n.749" / "Menuett n.749" from Works for Microtonal Piano vol​.​1 (2018) − Bandcamp | YouTube
• 19 Preludes (2018–2021) − Bandcamp | YouTube (original version synthesizers version) – 19-piece album
• 3 Pieces for 19EDO Microtonal Harp (2020)
• 3 Dances (2022)
• Suite No. 4 "Good Memories" for 19EDO Piano (2022)
• "In A Dream" for 19EDO Piano (2022)
• 3 Pieces for 19EDO Celesta (2023)
• Sarabande, Paradise (2025) for Piano in 1/3-Comma Meantone, Centered on G (2025) (technically not quite 19EDO, but close enough to be indistinguishable from a 12 note subset thereof)

NullPointerException Music

• "Summer Night" from Edolian (2020)
• The Future Is No Longer Accessible (2021)

Oliver_WANG1

• Putting "Minecraft" to the Score (2022)

Omega9

• Now listen! Pitch! (2011) − play | SoundCloud
• Cordas (19edo version) (2012) − play | YouTube
• A Piece in 19edo (2011) − SoundCloud | YouTube
• A Piece in 19edo (version #3) (2011) − play | SoundCloud

Ray Perlner

• Fugue for two Harps in 19EDO Negri9 ssssssssL "Reoriented Mode" (2021)
• Fugue for AfroJazz Ensemble (2023) – in BPS[9], 19edo tuning
• 19EDO Polytemperament Jam (Keemun, Bohlen-Pierce-Stearns, Negri, Meantone, Godzilla...) (2025)

Chiliu Qianying (池流牵应)

• Little Sister (2023)

Pixel Artisan-Yanyi (像素工匠-岩毅)

• A Scribbled 19edo Music (2023)
• Average Pentationic Scale (2023)
• Heartfelt Emotions Surge (2023)
• G! B♭! D! F! (2023)

Relyt R

• "Chameleon Vision" from Xuixo (2023) − Bandcamp | Spotify

Rewarrp

• psychedelic delt (2015)

RrrlCombinerrr

• A Graffiti 19edo Piece (2022)
• 19edo Chromatic Descending (2022)
• 2! 3! 4! 5! 3! 1! 2! (2022)
• 7/8 Retry (2023)
• 3√7 (2023)
• 2√19 (2023)

Seasons Of

• Falling For (2020)
• Lagoon (2020)
• Ode to the Eleventh Sun (2020)

Shudgr

• Short Story-Hazy Summer(2023)

William Sethares

• Sympathetic Metaphor
• Truth on a bus

Sevish

• "What Year Is This?", from Rhythm and Xen (2015)

Jon Lyle Smith

• Undines^{[dead link]}
• Sylphs^{[dead link]}
• Gnomes^{[dead link]}
• Salamanders^{[dead link]}
• Another Aire For Lute^{[dead link]}

Sononym

• 19ED2 Guitar Étude (2023)
• 19ED2 Guitar Etude #2 (2023)
• 19ED2 Guitar Étude #3 (2023)
• 19ed2 Drone Improv #2 (2023)
• Solo Jazz Guitar Improv For Mysterious Individuals (2023)

John Starrett

• Citified Notions (2020)
• Limp Off to School

Starshine

• Rin's UFO Ride (2020) – in Semaphore[9], 19edo tuning

Tapeworm Saga

• Prelude for playing no. 1 (2022)

Cam Taylor

• Bright Objects (2017) – 17-tone fifths chain in 19edo
• Minor Thirds, Minor Sevens (2016) – 17-tone fifths chain in 19edo
• Wurly Minors and Enharmonic Tetrachords (2016) – 17-tone fifths chain in 19edo

Gabriel Torre

• Onion Floe (2017)
• Ascending Droplets (2018)
• Hudson (2018)
• Dagdröm (2019)
• Dagdröm 2 (2020)
• Heron (2020)
• Orange Plane (2024)

TreborHuang

• Somewhere over the Rainbow (2022)

Userminusone

• Whitespace (2021)
• from Dabblings EP (2023)
  • "Rokkly's Theme" − Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Our World" − Bandcamp | YouTube

Chris Vaisvil

• Forgetting Even Her Beauty (2011) – blog | play
• 19 Black Hawks for Osama (2011) – blog | YouTube
• Summer Song (2011) – blog | play – by Trevor (The TwoRegs) and Norm Harris and Chris Vaisvil
• 19 ImprovFridays (2011) – blog | play | YouTube
• The World has Changed (2011) – blog | play
• jjj (2011) – blog | play
• Profit by 2 (2025) – by Frank Miller and Chris Vaisvil
• Microtonal 19 note per octave looper improvisation (2026) (on 19edo electric guitar)
• Afternoon Study with EHX Attack Decay in 19 notes per octave (2026) (on 19edo electric guitar)
• Bonus 19 note per octave microtonal guitar (2026) (on 19edo electric guitar)
• Microtonal 19 notes per Octave Linnstrument Improvisation (video and resulting animated score) (2026)
• Microtonal 19 edo Guitar Improvisation with Tube Distortion (2026)
• 19edo Brass Ensemble via 19 edo guitar and Roland GR-20 Guitar Synth (microtonal) (2026)
• Would You Call me a Traitor? (2026) (19 edo guitar, GR-55 guitar strings, vocal added in post-recording, with Yamaha finger drums FGDP-50 and Glarry fretless bass in drop D)

Stephen Weigel

• WEIGEL FAMILY CHRISTMAS (xenharmonic chocolate) (link to page for 2019 album) – an album of xenharmonic Christmas covers played by Stephen Weigel, including the following in 19edo (by track number)
  • 1. O Holy Night (see #Modern Renderings, under Adolphe Adam)
  • 5. Lumberjack Christmas (see #Modern Renderings, under Sufjan Stevens)
  • 8. Feliz Navidad (see #Modern Renderings, under José Feliciano)
• Found Home (Yonder) (2025) (Stephen Wiegel on guitar and vocals, with Mark and Liz Johnson on vocals)

Richard Whalley (site, YouTube channel)

• A Green Night in June (2026, with libretto by John McAuliffe) – Richard Whalley on Lumatone, Sarah Keirle-Dos Santos (site) as soprano, and Stephen Altoft (site, YouTube channel) on microtonal flugelhorn set to 19edo

Randy Winchester

• Comets Over Flatland 14^{[dead link]}

x2st

• Rondure (2022)
• Photon (2022)

Xotla

• from Microtones & Garden Gnomes (2016)
  • "Pelagosa" − Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Leave Those Troubles" − Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Receptor" from Micro Biological (2018) − Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• from Pico Metric (2019)
  • "Deepest reaches" − Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Breeze of Frost" − Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Cosmic Microwave" from Microtonal Allsorts (2023) − Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube

Yeah Gore

• (A) 19-EDO moment (2023)

You've Been Rickrolled by RUSH Clock (你被RUSH钟rickroll了)

• An Old Village (2025)

David Zaydullin

• autumn prism (2024)

ZIA, Elaine Walker and D.D.T.

• 19tet downloadable mp3s by ZIA, Elaine Walker and D.D.T.^[which?]

Bostjan Zupancic

• Brain for Breakfast (2016) – 19edo piece (first movement uses 19-tone serialism)
• Psychoclowns (2016) – 19edo pseudo-rondo

Unequal derivatives of 19edo

Noah Jordan

• Preliminary Explorations with the Wilson-Hacklemann 19-tone Clavichord - Journey into the Hexagram (2026)
• Quiet Geometry: Microtonal 19-Tone Clavichord Improvisation (2026)
• Entering Erv Wilson’s World of Musical Geometries - 19-tone Clavichord Improvisation (2026)
• 19-Tone Microtonal Trance | 45 Minutes Inside a Hexagonal Clavichord (2026)