31edo/Music

< 31edo

This is a collection of pieces in 31edo.

Modern renderings

Johann Sebastian Bach

• "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (1723) – arranged for two organs, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 (1736) – arranged for organ, rendered by Francium (2023)
• "Fugue" from Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (c. 1714–1720) – arranged for jazz band, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2020)
• Canzona, BWV 588 (1703–1707) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)
• Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (c. 1711–1713) – 31edo, arranged for cornet, recorder, bassoon, cello, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2020)
• Invention No. 9, BWV 780 (1723) – 31edo, performed by Georg Vogel on clavemusicum omnitonum (2025)
• Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 906 (c. 1738) – harpsichord, completed and rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2019)
• Fugue on a theme by Albinoni, BWV 951 (1714–1717) – transcribed for organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2019)
• 1st movement from Gamba Sonata, BWV 1029 (late 1730s – early 1740s) – MIDI organ interpretation, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2011)
• 1st movement from Gamba Sonata, BWV 1029 (late 1730s – early 1740s) – transcribed for gamba and organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2019)
• "Praeludium XX" in A minor BWV 889, WTC II (1739 – 1742) – rendered by Fabio Costa (2018): 19edo at 00:00; 31edo at 03:55; 12edo at 07:48
• "Ricercar a 3" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)
• "Ricercar a 6" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – tuned into 31edo implementation of Vicentino's 1/4-comma adaptive just intonation, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• "The Endlessly Rising Canon" from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (1747) – with the shepard-tone effect, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)
• "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
  • arranged for baroque wind ensemble (2018)
  • arranged into two versions (one for string ensemble and one for organ) (2019)
  • arranged into separate organ version (2024)
• "Contrapunctus 14" from The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (1742–1749) – completed and rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2020)

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

• Nocturne No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 9 Nr. 1 (1830–1831) – rendered by Francium (2023)
• Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor (1830) – rendered by Francium (2023)
• "Waterfall" Étude from 12 Études, op. 10 (1829–1832) – rendered by YoVariable (2023)
• Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 in E minor « Suffocation » (1839), arranged for harpsichord, tuned into 31-edo – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2025)

Alias Conrad Coldwood

• Pepper Steak (2008) via OFF (2008) – microtonal cover in 31edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Louis Couperin

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

Antonín Dvořák

• Slavonic Dance, Op. 72 No. 2 – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)

John Eccles

• The Mad Lover – Aire on a Ground – arranged for oboe and continuo, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)

Philip Glass

• "Orphée's Bedroom" from Orphée Suite (1991, transcribed by Paul Barnes in 2000) – Lumatone cover by Juhani Nuorvala (2021)

Herbie Hancock

• Speak Like a Child (1968) – Lumatone cover by Mike Battaglia (2021)

George Frideric Handel

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

Scott Joplin

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

Kiefer

• Socially Awkward – Lumatone cover by Mike Battaglia (2025)

Koji Kondo

• Ending Theme of Super Mario World (1990) – microtonal cover in 31edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Jean-Marie Leclair

• "Chaconne" from Deuxième Récréation de Musique, Op. 8 – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2021)

Felix Mendelssohn

• #1 and #3 from 7 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 7 – arranged for organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Gigue KV 574 («Leipziger Gigue») (1789) – rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2026)

Juhani Nuorvala

• Fifth movement, 'Antiikin enharmoninen moodi' ('The Enharmonic Mode of Antiquity') from 'Enharmonic Suite' for split-key harpsichord in quarter-comma meantone (2017), arranged and performed by Ere Lievonen on the Fokker Organ in 31edo (Concert at the Muziekgebouw aan t' IJ, Amsterdam, April 10, 2022)

Johann Pachelbel

• Canon in D – arranged for 3 Oboes and bassoon, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2023)

Pier Domenico Paradies

• "Allegro" from Harspichord sonata in A, a.k.a. "Toccata" – played at midi organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2011)

PinocchioP

• けものになりたい – arranged and rendered by RrrlCombinerrr (2022)

Rerulili

• 神のまにまに – arranged and rendered by RrrlCombinerrr (2023)

Domenico Scarlatti

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

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• "Danse des Mirlitons" from The Nutcracker Suite – arranged for brass ensemble, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)
• Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite – arranged for harpsichord, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)

Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

• Sinfonia La Padovana – arranged for brass quartet and organ, rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2018)

20th century

Henk Badings

• Preludium en fuga voor 31-toonsorgel (1952)
• Contrasten (H. De Vries) voor gemengd koor a cappella (1952)
• Preludium en fuga IV voor 31-toonsorgel (1954)
• Suite van kleine stukken voor 31-toonsorgel (1954)
• Reeks van kleine klankstukken in selectieve toonsystemen, voor 31-toonsorgel (1957)
• Sonata no 2 for two violins (1967) YouTube
• Sonata no 3 for two violins (1967)
• String Quartet (1967)
• Concerto for two violins and orchestra in 31-tone temperament (1969)

Anton de Beer

• Method for the 31-note keyboard (1961)
• Instructive Sonatina (1964)
• Small pieces (1967)
• "Speelmusiek" for two violins and archiphone (1971)
• Music for the archiphone (1973)

Ivor Darreg

• Three preludes for 31-tone guitar

Jan van Dijk

• Vier harmonisch-melodische intonatie-oefeningen voor strijkkwartet (1946)
• Acht stukken in elementaire geslachten van Euler (orgel) (1948)
• Vierstemmige intonatie-oefeningen voor gemengd koor a cappella, bij een studieboek van prof. Fokker (1949)
• Musica per organo trentunisono I (1950/1951)
  • I. Quattro pezzi per organo trentunisono solo
  • II. Quattro pezzi per organo e archi
  • III. Dieci pezzi per organo e strumenti diversi
  • IV. Concerto per organo e orchestra
  • V. Canzone in genere enharmonico vocale per organo e canto ad lib.
• Deuntje (J. Van den Vondel) voor dubbel gemengd koor a cappella
• Hymne (P. Minderaa) voor gemengd koor a cappella
• Musica per organo trentunisono II: Sette pezzi per organo solo
• Concerto per trombone, violino e violoncello

Adriaan Fokker

• Zes bagatelen op tien toetsen
• Preludium chromaticum
• Kalenderblaadjes in de kringloop van acht
• Passacaglia
• In generibus Leonhardi Euleri
• Kringspiegelingen

Eugen Frischknecht

• Drei Stücke für 31-Ton-Orgel

Jaap Geraedts

• Zes studies in Euler's toongeslachten voor fluit, en voor twee fluiten

John Strong Glasier

• Trio for viola (1979)

Alois Hába

• String Quartet No. 16 in the fifth-tone system, opus 88 (1967)

Anthon van der Horst

• Suite voor 31-toonsorgel, op. 60

Hans Kox

• Drie stukken voor viool solo, in (3^3•7^2)
• Vues des anges (R. Rilke), voor viool en bariton
• Passacaglia en koraal, voor 31-toonsorgel
• Vier stukken voor strijkkwartet, 31-toons
• Vier didaktische stukken, voor twee trompetten en een trombone
• Serenade for two violins

Ton de Leeuw

• Elektronische studie (1957)

Joel Mandelbaum

• Ten studies in 31-tone temperament for organ (1963)
• The Dybbuk, Opera (Act III) (1963)
• Three Songs for soprano, two violins and archiphone (1971)

Mats Öljare

• Åppelblomman and Valley of the Lepers (2000)

Richard Orton

• Mosaics, for 31-tone organ (1965)

Oedoen Partos

• Three fantasies for two violins (1972)

Alan Ridout

• Partita for cello solo (1959)
• Music for 31-tone organ (1960)
• Trio for strings, I. Chants, II. Dances, III. Variations (1961)
• Sonata for two violins (1965)
• Animula vagula blandula (Hadrian), for violin and baritone (1965)

Peter Schat

• Collages, voor 31-toonsorgel, I. Contrastes, II. Canons, III. Clusters (1962)

Jon Lyle Smith

• Aire #2 in 31-equal temperament

Alphonse Stallaert

• Vier liederen voor twee violen (1965)

Paul chr. van Westering

• Zes inventies voor 31-toonsorgel (1951)
• Variates over "Merck toch, hoe sterck", voor 31-toonsorgel (1951)

Ivan Wyschnegradsky

• Etude ultrachromatique pour l'orgue trente-et-unisonique

21st century

Alefian

• Codex (2025)
• I Remember (2024)

avoset

• From 2023 Collection: DARKMODE
  • "paranoia" – Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "distill" – Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "effervesce" – Bandcamp | YouTube

Mike Battaglia

• House of the Rising Sun (2023)

Beheld

• Vacant vibe (2022)

benyamind

• We Are Earth (2018) – YouTube | Bandcamp | SoundCloud
• Diesis (2024)
• Q (2025) – chorale in 31edo

Blair Benzel

• something found (2022)
• gliding on an ill wind (2024)

Stevie Boyes

• Horizon (2021)

cadmium

• "opening" from THIRD EYE (2023)

Circular17

• Mystère et tolérance (2020) – DTube | SoundCloud
• Wave from the past (2020)
• Curieuse planète (2020)
• Deep but not too much (2020)
• Heal (2020)
• Désir mimétique (2020) – DTube | SoundCloud – in meantone, virtually 31edo

City of the Asleep

• I Stand Hopeless Before the Gray Sea (2005) – play | Bandcamp

Bryan Deister

• Self Contained Universe (Reprise) - OneShot (2022)
• Hole-dwelling - Kikuo (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2022)
• Undertale - Waterfall (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2022)
• Rude Buster by Toby Fox (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2023)
• bo en - my time (2023)
• microtonal waltz in 31edo (2023)
• Liana Flores - rises the moon (2023)
• The Amazing Digital Circus - Ending Main Theme (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2023)
• The Stanley Parable's Elevator Music (2023)
• Mad Father - Old Doll (2023)
• A World I Built For You - KinitoPET (2024)
• Faded - Alan Walker (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2024)
• Route 216 - Pokémon [microtonal jazz version in 31edo] (2024)
• Last Christmas - Wham! (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2024)
• 31edo groove (August 19, 2025)
• 31edo improv (September 15, 2025)
• 31edo groove (September 20, 2025)
• 31edo improv (October 28, 2025)
• 16 tone improv (31edo) (2025)
• 31edo prelude (2025)
• Hero - Mili (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2025)
• Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2025)
• Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2025)
• The Mind Electric - Miracle Musical (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• La petite fille de la mer - Vangelis (microtonal cover in 31edo + pitch drift) (2026)
• Broken Record - Elena Rogers (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• Iris - Pastel Ghost (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• XO Tour Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• Symposium Magarum - Yuki Kajiura (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• The Happiest Little Zombie - Heart Shaped Hate (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• Cerebrawl - Laura Shigihara (microtonal cover in 31edo) (2026)
• 31edo improv (2026-05-12)
• 31edo improv (2026-06-01)
• another 31edo improv (2026-06-02)

Todo: research Identify the original composers.

Diamond Doll

• Q: IS ART REVOLUTIONARY? A: LOL NO (2019) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
• Cool Guitar Girl (2019) – Spotify | Youtube | Bandcamp
• Hello, My Name's Diamond Doll (2021) – Spotify | Youtube | Bandcamp

E8 Heterotic

• "Elements - Air" from Elements (2020)

Paul Erlich, Kite Giedraitis, and Dylan Fox

• "Lively Up Yourself" cover on 31edo guitar

Zhea Erose

• Glitterdance (2019)
• Divinate (2019)
• Apophenia (2024)
• Rare Chords: Min7!9‡13 and Altered Diatonics (2025)

Eufalesio

• From Microtonal stuff (2022)
  • "Sugar Visualization"
  • "My Singing Machines Are Holding A Microtonal Concert On Cloud Island"

Francium

• Serenity (2022)
• Calm Optimism (2022)
• Super Mario Kart Rainbow Road (2022)
• Fantasia No. 10 in A major (2023)
• "Chiwawa" from TOTMC September to December 2024 (2024) - Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube – in Würschmidt[16], 31edo tuning
• Christmas Moon (2024)
• God With Vanilla (2025) – in Valentine[16], 31edo tuning

Adam Freese

• She Was Like a Daylily (2021)
• Midwestern Breeze (2022)

Frijol

• Messy (2025)

groundfault

• From A New Dusk (2024) – Bandcamp| YouTube
  • "The Lake Reflects a Black Sky" – in part, the rest being in 31edo and 20edo
  • "The Art of It"
  • "Rail Twinge" – in part, the rest being in 24edo
  • "Superior Intermedial" – in part, the rest being in 27edo
  • "Snowboard Index"

Hear Between The Lines

• From Radical Tenderness (2023)
  • "Match" YouTube | Spotify
  • "Time To Call My Friend" (feat. Clara Lucas) Youtube | Spotify
  • "Colourblind" YouTube | Spotify
  • "Frippe's Nocturne" (feat. Samantha Wright) YouTube | Spotify
  • "Between Dreams" (feat. Clara Lucas) Spotify
  • "Radical Tenderness" (feat. Philipp Gerschlauer) YouTube | Spotify
  • "Observing The Yard" (feat. Steven James Taylor) Spotify

Andrew Heathwaite

• Earwig (2012)

Andrew Kahler (TromboneBoi9, Sir Semiflat)

• Torn Gamelan – study of the supermajor second in 31-TET (2023)

Aryaman Manish Joshi

• Free Among The Stars (2023)

JUMBLE

• SciTiva (2026)

Fitzgerald Lee

• Wistful Waltz (2025) – in Valentine[15], 31edo tuning

John Leonard

• Celesta Bagatelles No. 1: Mazurka [31-EDO] (2026)

Lucilla

• Ultrajoy (2023)

Luosuo Losso (啰嗦_Losso)

• A Different Moon (2025)

Lumatone

• 31 notes in an octave, but you only use the ones you want (2023)

Mandrake

• Cascade (2023)

Claudi Meneghin

• Chaconna en G=, La Padana, ou la septimala (‘The Padanian, or the septimal’)^{[dead link]}
• The Padanian Fugue (2014) – Fugue on The Mother's Curse Theme in 31edo, for organ
• Fugue on Greensleeves Theme (2018) – for organ in 31edo
• Fuga sobre el Cant dels Ocells ("Fugue on the Song of the Birds") (2018) – fugue on the Catalan traditional theme
• Shave and a Haircut (2019) – a fugue in 31edo for two recorders, bass oboe, bassoon
• El Noi de La Mare (2019) – jazz 31edo harmonisation of a Catalan traditional xmas song
• Old Mac Donald Wrote a Fugue (2019) – for recorder, flute, English horn, bassoon, in 31edo
• Little Twilight Music (2020) – for brass and timpani, in 31edo
• El Cant dels Ocells (2020) – 31edo organ arrangement
• The Miracle Canon, 3-in-1 on a Ground (2021) – for recorder, oboe, cornet, and continuo
• Fantasy "Almost a Fugue" (2021) – on a theme by Giuliani, for string quartet
• Fugue on St Louis Blues (2023) – for baroque ensemble, in 31edo
• El Testament de n'Amèlia ("Amelia's Will") (2023) – Catalan folk song arranged for baroque ensemble
• Chaconne et Fugue «Les Regrets» for Two Organs (2024)

miaxia

• plarna (2023)
• xenharmonic generative music (2023)
• Elunara (2024)

James Mulvale

• Squallish (2023)
• くつろいだ (Kutsuroida) (2023)
• Soleado (2023)

Mundoworld

• "Royal Radio" from Truth in Progress (2023) – YouTube | Bandcamp
• "Where Is It Now?" from The Vanishing Bus (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube

Nick, The NRG

• The Werewolf Who Wears A Tuxedo (2018)
• That Beautiful Beat (2022) – YouTube | Bandcamp
• Oranges, Grapes, and Raspberries (2022) – YouTube | Bandcamp
• SUPACHOOOOORD!!! (2023) – YouTube | Bandcamp

No Clue Music

• instability (2024)

NullPointerException Music

• "Coda", from Edolian (2020)

Juhani Nuorvala

• Fanfare and Toccata (2014)
• Urban Nocturne (2022)

Luke Palmer

• Lullaby and Dream (2025) (actually uses a circulating temperament of 31edo – see YouTube video description)

Pixel Artisan-Yanyi (像素工匠-岩毅)

• 31edo-try (2023)
• Sadness (2023)
• Snowy & Sunny (2025)

Matt Pollock

• Six Harmonies (2024) – 6-track album in 31edo
• Ballad for November (2025)
• Moss Study (2025)

Juhan Puhm (site)

• Meantone Suite III in C Minor (2016) – YouTube | score
• Meantone Suite IV in F Major (2016) – YouTube | score

Benton Roark

• Asterion (2016)
• Sundog (2020)

Ignacio Rosado

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

RrrlCombinerrr

• ?????'s Theme (2024)

Seasons Of

• Cycles (2020)

William Sethares

• Conversation about the Moon^{[dead link]} (2007)

Shanyuan Baihe-Yuri (杉原百合-Yuri)

• 31edo + Chromatic Descent (2023)
• Broken World (2023)
• Chords Book (2023)
• 415 (2023)
• Falling Star (2023)
• Hold a Memorial Ceremony for Myself (2023)
• Lost Memories #2 (2024)
• Caught in the Rain, on the Rooftop (2024)
• To Myself (2025)

Shudgr

• Then… What? (2023)

Jon Lyle Smith

• Aire #2 in 31-equal temperament^{[dead link]}

Subetekagakunoseidesu (全て化学の所為です。)

• アル (2025)

Starry Lunar

• Doll Judgement (2024)

Tapeworm Saga

• Some hopeful chords with N64 strings (2022)

Taruboloid

• Intermittent Gravity Alternation (2025; for the OST of 'Gravosphere')

Cam Taylor

• Enharmonic melody for guitar (2013)
• What use is a boy (2013)
• Back to 31: Hyperchromatic progression on C^ (2014)

TreborHuang

• My Dearest Friends (2022)

They Might Be Giants

• Dog (2018)

Tristan Bay

• Wallaby from Bonus Room (2024)
• Meet Me In My Timeline (2026)

Uncreative Name

• Lamentation of the Geological Methane Buildup (2024)

The Universe of Music

• Her Gentle Touch (2025)

Georg Vogel

• Vonamoe (2023) – performed on a replica Clavemusicum Omnitonum
  • Transcription of the above by Stephen Weigel (2024)
• Felfed (2024) – performed on a replica Clavemusicum Omnitonum
• Gnardnotteil (2024) – performed on a replica Clavemusicum Omnitonum
• Ddsiakans I - L’esempio della circulatione per le 31 traspositioni (2026) – performed on a replica Clavemusicum Omnitonum

Stephen Weigel

• Falling out of Success (2019), voice over acoustic piano in scordatura tuning
• Time to Call My Friend (2023), cover, originally by Hear Between The Lines

Randy Wells

• Huygens in Love (2021)
• Delta Phase Canvas - Trial 1 (2023)
• Maybe Don't Eat the Plants on This World (2023)
• A Clown Car Catching Fire (31edo) (2025)

Wusuinianmai Wanjunqushou (吾虽年迈万军取shou)

• A 31edo Piece without Musical Theory, Just by Graffiti (2026)
• A 31edo Piece Written in Mixodorian Mode, Using Neutral T/t, Major S and Minor d (2026)

Xotla

• From Microtones & Garden Gnomes (2017) – Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Fern Frond's Pond"
  • "Lycanthrope"
• From Nano Particular (2019) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Glacial Lightning"
  • "Interference Patterns"
• "Astro Alum", from Science Fraction (2022) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• Planting Seeds of Microtones (2022) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube – 10-piece album in 31edo
  • "Got Better Things To Do" · "Call Me So Late" · "Keep Me Waiting For You" · "Wanna Be Left Alone" · "Haunted By The Ghosts" · "Glass Half-Full (Or Empty?) · "The Seasons Are Changing" · "Never Wanna Get Used To The Sound" · "Pieces Of The Puzzle" · "No Matter What (You're Thinking)"
• From Microtonal Allsorts (2023) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Nothing, Always"
  • "Ephemeral Arrival"
  • "Anemosis Null"
  • "Tortuous And Long Forgotten"
• "Big Band Bug", from Jazzbeetle (2023) – Bandcamp | YouTube
• From Just Another Microtonal Music Album (2025–2026)
  • "Journey Through The Soup Dimension"
  • "Bioluminescent Beat"
  • "Attack of The Golden Funkohedron"
  • "The Owl & The Tortoise"
  • "Whatever The Funk I Want"
  • "Wormhole Shmurmhole" – in part, the rest being in 58edo

YoVariable and rhapsody_mdr

• Open Source Your Mind or Switch to Gentoo (2024)