22edo/Music

< 22edo

This is a collection of pieces in 22edo.

22 equal divisions of the octave (22edo proper)

Modern renderings

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Prelude No. 1 in C major from The Well-Tempered Clavier I (1722) – rendered by Francium (2024)
• Prelude No. 1 in C major from The Well-Tempered Clavier I (1722) – played on Lumatone by Gordon Wery (2026)

Jay Chou

• "Sunny Day" from Yeh Hui-Mei (2003) – rendered by one 02001 (一只02001) (2024)

Toby Fox

• "Faint Glow" via Deltarune Chapter 2 OST (2021) – microtonal cover in 22edo by Quartz (2025)
• "Todd Gear" via Homestuck (2009–2016) – microtonal cover in 22edo by JUMBLE (2026)

Scott Joplin

• Maple Leaf Rag (1899) – with Syntonic Comma Adjustment, arranged for harpsichord and rendered by Claudi Meneghin (2024)

Li Xinrong

• Listen, I want to say thank you (2019) – rendered by White Xianyu (白_弦余) (2022)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Rondo alla Turca from the Piano Sonata No. 11, KV 331 (1778) – rendered by Francium (2024)
• Allegro from the Piano Sonata No. 16, KV 545 (1788) – rendered by YoVariable (2024)

Nakiso

• Bake no Hana (2024) – microtonal cover in 22edo by Bryan Deister (2025)

Queens of the Stone Age

• Mosquito Song (2002) – microtonal cover in 22edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Spellcasting

• where's jaoba? (2024) – microtonal cover in 22edo by Bryan Deister (2026)

Stephen Schwartz

• For Good (2003) via Wicked: For Good (2025) – microtonal piano cover by Stephen Weigel (2025)

20th century

Ivor Darreg

• On the Enharmonic Tetrachord (1975) (played by Juhani Nuorvala on lumatone)

21st century

Abnormality

• Bubbles (2024)
• Stardust (2024)

Alefian

• raindance (2024)

Jacob Barton (Metaclown)

• Couples' Therapy (2016)

Mike Battaglia

• Improvisation in 22-equal temperament (2011)

Beheld

• Sour vibe (2025)

Benyamind

• The Spirit Bird | 22-EDO (2018)

Bevkcan

• Nightsoarer (2020)

Stevie Boyes

• Neutron (2018)
• So In Love (2018)

Brody Bigwood

• Neurozene (2025)

Blendy Wave

• Languid Lavender (2023)
• Marigold (2023)
• Amethyst Sky (2023)
• Ceramic (2023)

Brendan Byrnes

• Tracks of ILEVENS - all their tracks on SoundCloud are tagged with 22edo
• Short piece and demonstration (video) (electric guitar) (2014)
• 22 EDO Guitar Etude^{[dead link]} (Bandcamp user page)
• Llurion (on YouTube) from his 2017 album Neutral Paradise
• Hysteria (on YouTube) from his 2017 album Neutral Paradise
• Unreachable Island from his 2020 album Realism

cadmium

• pulse from THIRD EYE (2023)

Circular17

• Good devil (2020)
• Wave from the past (2020)

Fabio Costa

• Cortège (2024–2025)
  • Lumatone keyboard · brass ensemble
• Simple Piece (2025) for wind quintet
• Chaconne (2025) for brass ensemble
• Diesis Progression (2025) for horn quartet

Bryan Deister

• 22edo (2023)
• a bossa nova in 22edo (2025)
• improv in 22edo (2026)
• 22edo improv (2026-08-07)
• 22edo improv (2026-08-26)

Diamond Doll

• Little Brother (2020) – Spotify| YouTube | Bandcamp
• Together For Never (2021) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
• Music For Men (2022) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
• My Cheerleader (2022) – Spotify | YouTube | Bandcamp
• Alexandria's Genesis (2021) – Spotify | YouTube
• Prized Performer (2021) – Spotify | YouTube
• Hot Like Goths In The Summer (2021) – Spotify | YouTube

dotuXil

• Porky Spaceflight (2024) – Bandcamp | YouTube
• Enter Nil (2024)

E8 Heterotic

• Elements - Earth from Elements (2020) – porcupine[7] in 22edo tuning

Paul Erlich

• Tibia
  • As rendered by Francium
  • Ups and Downs score of Tibia in G page 1, page 2
• Paul Erlich 22-Equal Guitar Improvisation Shredfest Insanity - YouTube (2011)

Paul Erlich and Ara Sarkissian

• Glassic (2007)
• Decatonic Swing (jazz)

Fallen Eyelash

• From There... (2023) Full album in 22edo

Francium

• Asana (2022)
• Twinkle (2023)
• Fugue in C Porcupine (2023)
• "Dancing Halluzinated Crazyness" from Mysteries (2023) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• "The Dark Side In Me" from XenRhythms (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• "Lenticular" from The Decatonic Album (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube

Jake Freivald

• Chord sequence in Paul Erlich's 22 EDO decatonic major (2014)
• Porcupine Comma Pump (2012)

Frédéric Gagné

• Jetlag (2022)

Lillian Hearne

• Mass in 22edo - Sanctus (2015)
• Mass in 22edo - Agnus Dei (2015)

Andrew Heathwaite

• where words are said to mean, a setting of a text by Herbert Brün to a 22-tone row, thrice repeated. (2010) This & the following pieces by Andrew are for 22-tone guitar & voice.
• I've come with a bucket of roses (orwell[9]: 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 2). (2010)
• one drop of rain (orwell[9]). (2010)
• being a (porcupine[8]: 3 1 3 3 3 3 3). (2010)
• my own house (a pelog-flavored subset of orwell[9]: 3 2 7 3 7). (2010)

Jake Huryn

• Palinkalin Viharo (Flowers in the Mist)^{[dead link]} (Score^{[dead link]}); uses 11edo machine[6], 22edo orwell[9]

Igliashon Jones

• Dragged by a Storm Across the Desert Years^{[dead link]} (synth with electric guitar)
• Numerology^{[dead link]} (progressive metal)
• Revenge of the inorganic compounds^{[dead link]} (progressive metal)

JJ - Composer

• Nocturne #2 in B down minor (22 EDO) (2024)

JUMBLE

• Brass (2023)
• Stained Glass (2023)
• Forbidden Bay (2023)
• Stingray (2023)
• Rose (2024)
• BORROMEA! (2024)
• RAY'S SECRET SOUND TEST! (2024)
• UFO CRUISIN' (2024)
• BUBBLEGUM POP (2024)
• A Z U R E (2024)
• revenge bedtime procrastination (2024)
• Uncanny Valley (2024)
• JETPACK TO JUPITER! (2025)
• Yume Nikki Rooftop But It's Microtonal (2025)
• Sea-Cats (22edo Microtonal Ambient) (2026)
• Howlip City (22edo Microtonal IDM) (2026)
• Mt. Helix (22edo Microtonal Synthwave) (2026)

Budjarn Lambeth

• Wilderness (2020)

Claudi Meneghin

• Canon 2 in 1 upon a ground (22edo)^{[dead link]}
• Chaconne l'Escalier (2019)
• Microtonal Canon 2 in 1 (2019)
• The 9-tone Orwell Diatonic Scale and Dyads, Triads (2022)
• Fugue on The Lick, for Organ and Jazz Band, in Orwell (22edo) (2022)
• Orwell Micro Trio, for Organ [22edo] (2024)
• Porcupine Fugue, for Baroque Trio (2026)
• Porcupine Micro-Fugue for Baroque Trio (Mikrokosmos #22) 2026)
• Chaconne «l'Escalier» for Baroque Trio & Continuo (2026)

Joseph Monzo

• Beach Scene, from Darks and Whites OST (2006)
• Pajara10 Jazz. 22edo pajara10 (2021)
• Pajara10 Jazz, tuned in 22edo (2021)
• Hedgehog8 March (2021)
• Hedgehog8 Chorale (2021)
• The Right Cable (2021)
• Hedgehog14 Study Chorale (2021)
• Hedgehog March (2021)
• Hedgehog8 Chorale (2021)
• 22edo Hedgehog14 Study (2021)
• Hedgehog8 Etude 1:01 (2021)
• Hedgehog8 Etude 1:08 (2021)
• Doublewide-10 Study (2021)
• Threesome (2022)
• Orwell9 Sonatina, for flute and piano (2022)
• Orwell9 Sonatina, for flute and piano (up/down notation) (2022)
• Doublewide10 BossaNova 0108 (2022)
• Doublewide10 BossaNova 0117 (2022)

John Moriarty

• Study #1 in Porcupine Temperament: "Flying Straight Down" (Microtonal/Xenharmonic) (2020) (score video, showing use of Porcupine notation with redefined sharp/flat symbols)

James Mulvale

• Breathe (2023)
• Hygge (2023)

Mister Shaf

• ‘’22-EDO Simcha’’ (2025)

Mundoworld

• Contact (2021)

MÜÜR (site)

• Nenio reala (2020)
• Imzadi (2018)
• Imzadi (alie) (2018)

Nae Ayy

• yo wtf is that (2022)

Alex Ness

• Rose, liz, printemps, verdure (in 22edo with stretched octaves) (2017)

Nodial

• bpmph (2026)

norokusi

• Piano Sonata n. 853 (2020)
• 22 Preludes (2020)
• Piano Sonata n. 873 (2021)
• Suite No. 2 for fortepiano (2021)

NullPointerException Music

• Transcendancy (2020)
• Edolian - The Descent (2020)

Juhani Nuorvala

• Sonata for Violin and Keyboard (2019)
• Prelude in Pajara (2021)
• Selections from the Pärnu Codex (2021)
• Philip Glass, 'Modern Love Waltz' on Lumatone (22edo) (2022)
• esa&jusa: Coendou (2024)
• Suite 22 (for microtonal keyboard in 22edo) (2025, performed by Elisa Järvi, quarter-tone keyboard)
  • 1st mvt: Trompe-l'oreille (quarter-tone keyboard layout shown at end)
  • 2nd mvt: Black & White & Grey (performer shown with instrument shown at end)
  • 3rd mvt: Chorale
  • Finale: Porcupine's Love Song (quarter-tone keyboard layout shown at end)
• Improvisations on a piano tuned to 22edo (2026)
• Opening of Prelude no. 2 for Lumatone (2026)

Mats Öljare

• Boxwood Forest, Dream Tone, The Eternal Sleep, Sunday Pipes, Twisted Clowns - MIDI files ^{[dead link]}
  • Sagittal score of Sunday Pipes

Phanomium

• Sharpened Blade (2024)
• Kepler-138d (2024)

Ray Perlner

• Octatonic Groove (2020) – jubilismic[8] in 22edo tuning
• Fugue in 22EDO Porcupine[7] sLsssss "Badgerian" (2022)
• Organ fugue in 22EDO Bohlen-Pierce-Stearns[9] (Hedgehog extension) LsLsLssLs "Walker II" (2024)
• Macro-Mixolydian Fugue retuned to Mixolydian (To 22EDO Superpyth[7] from 73EDT Mintaka[7]) (2025)

Sevish

• "Dirty Drummer", from Golden Hour (2010)
• "Ganymede", from Golden Hour (2010)
• "Ambrosia", from Human Astronomy (2010)
• "Movement", from Human Astronomy (2010) (polysystemic)
• "Earthling", from Rhythm and Xen (2015) (polysystemic)
• "Guano Sequence", from Rhythm and Xen (2015)
• "Spellbound", from Rhythm and Xen (2015)
• "MK-SUPERDUPER", from MK-SUPERDUPER (2016)
• "The Sky Are Sick", from MK-SUPERDUPER (2016)
• "Gleam", from Harmony Hacker (2017)
• "We Can't Be Blamed", from Harmony Hacker (2017)
• "Horizons", from Horixens (2019)
• "Dream Up", from Bubble (2021) (polysystemic)
• "Some Things Must", from Bubble (2021)
• "Some Things Must Reprise", from Bubble (2021)
• "Starfish", from Bubble (2021) (0:00-3:36)
• "Big Numb", from Formless Shadows (2021)

Gene Ward Smith

• Night on Porcupine Mountain – possibly a redux on Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain

The Stern Brocot Band

• Yak Butter, 1L 6s MOS, compressed period/generator (2012)

Redrick Sultan

• Recurring Mimosa^{[dead link]} (SoundCloud user page) (2013)

Rob Scallon

• Rain (2008) – cover by YoVariable (2024)

Tapeworm Saga

• Melody for microtonal keyboard (2022)
• Gymnopedie for microtonal keyboard (2022)
• Prelude for microtonal keyboard (2022)
• Helter-Skelter Fugue (2022)
• Toccata in D(?) (2022)
• Some more microtonal VGM but the ghosts I hired to pilot the cartridge got too fancy with modulating (2025)

Joel Grant Taylor

• 12-22hexachordal Dirge^{[dead link]}

Togenom

• "Will and Representation" from Xenharmonics, Vol. 5 (2024) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube

Gabriel Torre

• Stork (2019)
• Octopus Rhythm (2020)
• Pastel (2020)

Triaam

• Void Joyride (2023)

Tristan Bay

• That (2024)

Chris Vaisvil

• My Crazy Aunt Sophie (play). Blatantly xenharmonic piano. (2010)
• Phobos Light in hedgehog[14] tuned to 22edo. (2012)
• The Capture and Release of the Fairy (play) (2012)
• From the Sky Islands They Came (play) (2012)
• Smoke Filled Bar (play) (2012)
• The Saharan Pump (2013)
• 22 edo electric guitar duet (2015)
• For the Sunset - 22edo rock ensemble (2016)

Nick Vuci

• Porcupine Prelude 1 (22edo) (2023)
• Porcupine Prelude 2 (22edo) (2023)
• Porcupine Prelude 3 (22edo) (2023)
• Porcupine Praeambulum (22edo) (2023)
• Porcupine Chorale with Prelude "Nature's Lament" (22edo) (2023)

Stephen Weigel

• Emancipate Pitch! (2016)

Randy Wells

• Sincerely I Have Loved You (2021)
• Recurrent (2026) (guitar retuned to 22edo using Melodyne)

Gordon Wery (Xenpilled)

• wasting time (2026) - Gordon Wery on Linnstrument and vocals; Stephen Weigel on Lumatone bass line; John Moriarty on backup vocals; Vito Sicurella and Jacob Barton on Continuum synth (four hands); Chris Kline and Ian Blaylock on percussion

Randy Winchester

• Comets Over Flatland 17^{[dead link]}

Wrenharmonic

• won't you come with me? (2025)

x2st

• Voyage (2022)
• Voyage II (2023)
• Dimensions (2024)
• Until Tomorrow (2025)

Xeno*n*

• Hypertension (2022)
• Le Cauchemar de la Guerre (2022)

Xotla

• Amanita (2016)
• Perfect Dystopia from Microtones & Garden Gnomes (2017) – Bandcamp | YouTube – in part, the other part being in 22edo
• from UnFound (2018)
  • Inflorescence – Bandcamp
  • Ephemeral Glade – Bandcamp | YouTube
• from Micro Biological (2018)
  • Catalysis – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • Nodal Plane" – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube – in part, the other part being in 29edo
  • Viscosity – Spotify | Bandcamp
  • Refractive – Spotify | Bandcamp
• from Nano Particular (2019)
  • Dark Pillars – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
  • Floating Apart – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• Light Pillars from Pico Metric (2019) – Spotify | Bandcamp | YouTube
• Time Mayfly from Jazzbeetle (2023) – Bandcamp | Original YouTube video YouTube video without AI visuals

White Xianyu (白_弦余)

• Mathematical Rock (2026)

Yeah Gore

• Twenty two (2019)

Unequal derivatives of 22edo

Joel Kivelä

• Abyss lens (2023). Full album in a 22 note 32/31 step tuning, which is essentially a slightly stretched 22edo with the final step compressed to 45.74 cents.
• Serpentforms (2023). Same tuning, but only on tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5.