15edo/Music

< 15edo

This is a collection of pieces in 15edo (first section) and well-tempered derivatives thereof (second section).

15 equal divisions of the octave (15edo proper)

Modern renderings

Ghost-P

• Rotary Dial (2016) – microtonal cover in 15edo by Bryan Deister (2023)

Go Ichinose

• Littleroot Town (2003) – rendered by Francium (2024)

Milk in the Microwave (formerly Will Wood Memes)

• booger bonanza (2022) – microtonal cover in 15edo by Bryan Deister (2024) (uses a non-isomorphic Lumatone mapping: successive Right = pseudo-diatonic scale 0 3 5 6 9 11 14, and Up = 1)

Muse

• Knights of Cydonia (2006) – microtonal cover in 15edo by Stephen Weigel on guitar, Eddie Shannon on djembe, John Moriarty on bongos, and Chris Kline on Lumatone (2026)
  • transcription of the above, by Stephen Weigel (2026)

Radiohead

• Subterranean Homesick Alien (1996 - 1997) – microtonal cover in 15edo by Bryan Deister (2024)

Arthur Schutt

• Bluin' The Black Keys (1926) – rendered by Francium (2024)

David Wise

• Aquatic Ambience (1993 via Donkey Kong Country (1994) – microtonal cover in 15edo by Stephen Weigel on custom keyboard, vocals, guitar, bass guitar, and melodica retuned with Melodyne (2022)

20th century

Easley Blackwood

• Suite in 15-Note Equal Tuning, opus 33
• Twelve Microtonal Etudes, opus 28
  • Blackwood, 15-note Microtonal Etude, Op. 28: 6. Lento - Acoustic Version (arr. M Sheeran) (2024 recording)

Herman Miller

• Mizarian Porcupine Overture (1999) – play – porcupine chord progressions; this is the song that porcupine is named after

21st century

Abnormality

• FLOAT (2024)

Jacob Barton

• Hyperimprovisation 3.3 (2003) – SoundClick | play
• OFOIOB (2007) – SoundClick | play

Bazil Müzik

• Quasi-random trio (2019)

Beheld

• Odd vibe (2022)
• Placid vibe (2025)

Easley Blackwood

• 15edo-Chords.ogg Some nice sounds I found in 15edo (2011)
• happenstance15.ogg Sonic experiment in 15. Somewhat familiar tonality. (2011)

Brendan Byrnes

• "Semantics", from Realism (2020)

Fabio Costa

• Prelude and Fugue in C in 15-edo (microtonal Piano) (2025; uploaded in 2026)

Cryptic Ruse

• A Year Without Breath (2022) – 11-piece album in 15edo

Bryan Deister

• 15edo (2023)
• 15edo improv (formerly Waltz in 15edo) (2025-08-26)
• March in 15edo (2026)
• Waltz in 15edo
  • [short clip] (2026-07-06, Lumatone view)
  • [full version] (2026-07-07)
• 15edo improv (2026-08-09)

doctorn0gloff

• 15 Shimmering Shapes (2021)

Diamond Doll

• Canada Geese (2020) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp)
• Mask On (2020) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp)

E8 Heterotic

• Cyberfunk (2020) – in Blackwood[10], 15edo tuning

Fabrizio Fiale

• PentadecafoniCoda (15et)

Francium

• "Hippogirls" from The Decatonic Album (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• 22th Fitness (2025)

Cody Hallenbeck

• Porcupine Walk (15edo version) (2019)

Hideya

• Like Satie (2019)

Aaron Andrew Hunt

• Elegy in 15ET
• Fugue a3 in 15ET^{[dead link]}

Aaron Krister Johnson

• Study for Kyle Gann (12-out-of-15)

Noah Dean Jordan

• The Devil (2017) – 8-piece album of acoustic piano

Jutomi

• 15 Somethings' Alien Disco (2020)
• March of the Lichens (2020)

Fitzgerald Lee

• My Ramblings (2025)
• Withering Waltz (2025)
• Merry March (2025)
• The Wall At Which Mud Is Thrown (2025)
• 15 This A Barbershop? (2025)
• Arid Aliens (2025)
• Ixora Town (2025)

Mandrake

• En aften ved svanefossen (2022)
• Slipped (2022)
• Unexplainable (2022)
• Bells (2022)

Rick McGowan

• Four Ballet Scenes (2016)

Claudi Meneghin

• Cuckoo Rag Fugue (2013, for organ)
• Tocada, for 2 Organs in 15edo (2014)
• 3-in-1 Canon for 3 Violins, in 15edo (composed in 2017; uploaded in 2019)
• Little Fugue on the Catalan theme "La Filadora" (2018)
• Prelude & Fugue in 15edo for Organ (2019)
• Happy Birthday Canon 6-in-1 Canon in 15edo (2019)
• 15-penny Jingle-Fugue (2019)
• Air Triste (2019)
• Tocada in 15edo (2019)
• Ménuet for String Quartet (2020)
• Fugue on The Lick (2020)
• Four Pieces in 15-equal Division of the Octave (2023)
  • Cuckoo Rag Fugue [Microtonal, 15edo] (2023, for recorder, cor anglais, clarinet, and bassoon; also see separate 2013 version above)
  • Micro-Fugue on "Scotland the Brave" in 15-equal Division of the Octave (2023)
  • Tocada, for 2 Organs in 15edo (2014 — see above)
  • 3-in-1 Canon for 3 Violins, in 15edo (2017 — see above)
• Canon 3-in-1 for Recorder, Oboe, Violin, without Bass (2023)
• Chaconne in A for baroque wind ensemble (2023)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, with Shepard Effect (2023)
• Canon on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" for Baroque Oboe & Viola (2023) (for Organ)
• Chaconne for Organ in 15-edo - Blacksmith (2023)
• Baroque Micropiece in 15edo (Blacksmith) (2023)
• Neobaroque Canon, 3-in-1 without Bass for Recorder, Oboe, Clarinet (2024, 2026)
• FUGUE IN 15-EDO, from Tocada for 2 Organs (composed 2014; 2025 arrangement)
• Porcupine Fugue, for Baroque Trio by Claudi Meneghin (Microtonal, 15edo) (2026) (a well-tempered version also exists — see below)
• Porcupine Canon 3-in-1 on the Lament Bass (15EDO) (2026)
• Blacksmith Chacony in A, for Baroque Ensemble - [Blacksmith, 15 EDO] (2026)

miaxia

• ministeriales inferni (2024)
• Mraeum (2024)

Andrew J. Milne

• A Broken Stern (2012)

Joe Monzo

• Monzo: 2025-0516 and 0622, "Chill House", 15edo, 3,5,7,11-space, origin=C4 262 Hz, Tonescape, take 3 (2025)

norokusi

• Piano Sonata n. 816 (2020)

NullPointerException Music

• "The Cosmic Waltz", from Edolian (2020)

Norbert Oldani

• 15 Tone ET Improvisationn (2020?)

Ray Perlner

• Fugue for Odd Ensemble in 15EDO Porcupine 7 ssssLss "Gazellian" (2023)

Phanomium

• Dekapentophobia (2024)

Jonathan Rabson

• Portrait of insects with 15-tone equal tempered guitar music (2011)

Carlo Serafini

• Ode For Ada (2012) – blog | YouTube
• Sahara (2019) – blog | play

Sevish

• "Fifteen", from Golden Hour (2010)
• "Moonopolis", from Rhythm and Xen (2015)
• "So Thankful", from Harmony Hacker (2017) – in Blackwood[10], 15edo tuning
• Lichen (2025)

Daniel Thompson

• Study for Bells^{[dead link]} (Jan. 2007)

Uncreative Name

• Isles of Despair (2024)

Userminusone

• The Wish To Wish The Wish, from Oridginns (2020–2021) – Bandcamp | YouTube

Chris Vaisvil

• Gently Playing With Miller's Porcupine (2011) – blog | play – in Porcupine[7], mode 3|3, 15edo tuning
• After Dark on the Pedway (2011) – blog | play
• 15 Sandles (2011) – blog | play | scordatura midi file)
• Improv on 15 (2011) – play | scordatura midi file | score)
• 15edo Trolls (2012) – blog | play
• Through the Fire of the Sun (2012) – blog | play – rock band
• 2-2-1-2-2-1-2-2-1 mode of 15 edo (2013) – blog | play

Stephen Weigel

• From WEIGEL FAMILY CHRISTMAS (xenharmonic chocolate) (2019)
  • "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
  • "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'"
  • "Silent Night"
  • "Christmas Time is Here"
  • "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
• Keep out of my Psyche (2019)
• Natural Bridge Bop (15-TET) ft. Noah Jordan! (2025) (Stephen Wiegel on guitar and Noah Jordan on shakuhachi)

Randy Winchester

• Comets Over Flatland 12
• Comets Over Flatland 13
• Comets Over Flatland 16

Well-Tempered Fox

• Waltzing in Candyland (2015) – in Porcupine[8], 15edo tuning

Woyten

• Xênerie (2021)

x2st

• Upstay (2022)

Xotla

• "Enthalpic" from Micro Biological (2019) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• from Pico Metric (2019)
  • "No Longer" – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • "Dance of The Forest Lights" – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Robots Dream To Dance" from Science Fraction (2022) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• Dance of The Forest Lights Reimagined (2023)

Yeah Gore

• Music 1 (2022)

15 unequal divisions of the octave

Bryan Deister

• 15 tone unequal improv (2026)

Claudi Meneghin

• PORCUPINE FUGUE, for BAROQUE TRIO by Claudi Meneghin (Microtonal, Well Temperament) (2026) (circulating temperament described in the video description; a 15edo version also exists — see above)