Monthly Tunings

This page is about the project organized on Facebook. For the project organized on Discord, see Tuning of the Month Club.

The Xenharmonic Alliance Monthly Tunings group is a semi-private spin-off of the main Xenharmonic Alliance group. The point of the group is to get xenharmonicists to work on the same tuning, and share ideas, discoveries and music in that tuning. Each month, we all vote on the tuning we want to use.

This page is meant to be an archive of the content produced by that group. Feel free to add your own work to the list.

2016

February and March - Pajara

Claudi Meneghin’s Little Prelude & Fugue in Pajara

April - Sensi

Sensi Tocada by Claudi Meneghin

May - 19edo

June - 37edo

Little Twyelyghte Musicke (37edo) for 2 Cornetts, 2 Sagbutts & Timpani by Claudi Meneghin

Canon in F, 37edo by Claudi Meneghin

I do not know if she is saying the truth by Igor Livramento

July - Superpyth

Highlights - Triadic Superpyth Study by William Lynch

Super Chill by William Lynch

August - 17-tone equal and well-temperaments

Demanding Two Faces by Stephen Weigel (Soundcloud)

Where were you During the Apocalypse? by Stephen Weigel

September and October - Porcupine

Little Fugue in Porcupine by Claudi Meneghin

November - 21edo

"Bueno Pa Gozar" (by Kite Giedraitis, salsa-esque piece loosely based on Oye Coma Va)

Iridescent Wenge Fugue by Stephen Weigel, accepted into SEAMUS 2018 and EABD 2018

21edo Chacony, for harpsichord by Claudi Meneghin

December - Fibonacci tuning (look on page 22 the doc / 24 of the PDF)

• The Fibonacci sequence is a series of integers that successively add to create the next one in the series, beginning with 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, etc... and thus a Fibonacci horogram shows this sequence in its rings / moments-of-symmetry. The generator for the Fibonacci horogram is 458.359213... cents.

2017

January - Bohlen-Pierce

A Mean Little Voice by Stephen Weigel

February - 19edo

March - 26edo

Canon 3-in-1 on a ground ‘The tempest’ by Claudi Meneghin

April - Semaphore

May - 11edo

Halve Knot (demo) by Mercury Tree

June - Mavila

Gamelan, Genesis, and Birth by Stephen Weigel, played by the Beo String Quartet

Hunger Wanders in an Empty Room by Stephen Weigel

Kôsma jumiś lul by Herman Miller

Mavila Fugue by Claudi Meneghin

July - Marvel woo

Marvelous River by William Lynch

A Short Composition in Marvel Woo by Chris Vaisvil (website)

Cave of Marvels by Herman Miller

Hallelujah in Marvel Woo (cover)

August - 20edo

Underwater Spontaniety (lo-fi ambient) by Stephen Weigel

God's Favorite Tuning (xen-pop) by Stephen Weigel

You Lied, and I'm not Mentioning your Name (xen-pop) by Stephen Weigel

20edo Ambient Guitar with Video by Chris Vaisvil

Spinning the Web by Herman Miller

Chacony & Fugue in 20edo by Claudi Meneghin

September - 72edo

Modes for Strings #7 by Prent Rodgers

October and November - 46edo

Curiosity Finds a Frown by Stephen Weigel (this is in 23edo - 23 is half of 46, so it counts!)

December - 15edo

We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! (online Christmas card) by Stephen Weigel

2018

Todo: add examples

January - 18edo

The Moon by Noah Jordan (Facebook), this was done with acoustic piano

De-Void of Re-Incarnation by Stephen Weigel (fixed media)

Revealing the Path by Herman Miller

February - 10edo

Love is the Catalyst (cover)

Padanian Canon in 10edo by Claudi Meneghin

Hymns of the Cosmos

English Theorbo, in wandelwonderland, Fantasy for Piano by Chris Vaisvil

Diablo by Kewti

Ten-Armed Hunter by Herman Miller

March - Monarda

• Monarda is a 12-note subset of "Tannic" temperament, discovered by Scott Dakota, that is rank-three and observes the 17-limit. 17-limit JI is 7-dimensional, and the commas tempered out are: 273/272, 561/560, 441/440, and 225/224. 7 dimensions - 4 commas = the 3 dimensional tuning. To find temperaments, it's recommended to use the Regular Temperament Finder, instead of the wiki. Check out the FB Monthly Tunings page for specifics.

Cam Taylor's Monarda Impressions

Tannic Acid (comparison) by Chris Vaisvil

Nowhere in Super Particular by Stephen Weigel

ilu by Noah Jordan

April - Polaris

• Polaris refers to a 17-note constant structure in 13-limit JI. It can either function as an untempered JI version, or a tempered version, where 352/351 and 364/363 are most often tempered out (144/143 can be tempered out as well).

polaris falls by Chris Vaisvil

May and June - 31edo

Contrapunctus 11 tuned to 31edo by Claudi Meneghin (original composer J. S. Bach)

July and August - 13edo

September - 14edo

October - 53edo

November - 2.3.7 JI

December - 13.888edo

2019

Todo: add examples

January - 15edo

February - 22edo

March - ~11/8-generated

April - 31edo

May - 32edo

June - 19edo

July - Triple BP

August and September - 19edo

October - 31edo

November - 15edo

December - 27edo

• Stille Nacht (cover) - Herman Miller

2020

Todo: add examples

January - 17edo

February - 20edo

• Ivari na taniravi - Herman Miller

March - Tunings using phi

April and May - Miracle

June - Luna[25]

July - 8edf

August - Archytas' Chromatic or Al-Farabi

September - 2.11.19 JI (29-tone neji)

• Javen ślǔ lil - Herman Miller

October - 20edo

• Drifting - Herman Miller

November - 9edo

• Nine Days’ Wonder - Herman Miller

December - 46edo

• Light at the End - Herman Miller

2021

Todo: add examples

January - 20c & 21c

• Lost in the Maze - Herman Miller

February - 50edo

March - 13.888edo

April and May - 19edo

• Chameleon Dance - Herman Miller

June and July - 31edo

• Ignorance is Strength - Herman Miller
• Vüpagvam - Herman Miller

August - 55edo

• Road Trip to Nowhere - Herman Miller

September - 0edo

• Lost at C - Herman Miller

October and November - Canasta[31]

• Realm of Possibility - Herman Miller

December - 13edo

2022

Todo: add examples

January - Orwell[22] or Orwell[31]

• A Hidden World - Herman Miller

February and March - 22edo

• March of the Mad Hares - Herman Miller

April - 72edo

May and June - 41edo

July - 6ed5/4

August - 46edo

September - 13.888edo

• The Butterfly’s Dream - Herman Miller

October - Blackjack

November - 23edo

• Vözü źwên ķa źan - Herman Miller

December - 37edo

2023

Todo: add examples

January - 37edo

• Luck of the Draw - Herman Miller

February - 43edt

March - 26edo

April - Golden meantone

May - Triple BP

June - Carlos Alpha

July - Dwarf17marv

August and September - Tetracot

October - 50edo

November and December

Group was on hiatus during these months.

2024

Todo: add examples

January - Negri

• Without a Clue - Herman Miller

February - 33edo

• Improvisation in 33edo - Budjarn Lambeth

March - Sensi

April - Orwell

• Zurğ tuun vantu - Herman Miller

May - Eagle 53

• Flowing Along - Herman Miller

June - 19edo

July - 34edo

August - 21edo

• Improvisation in 21edo - Budjarn Lambeth

September and October - 15edo

• Improvisation in zeta-stretched 15edo - Budjarn Lambeth

November - 43edo

• Gamelan-inspired improvisation in 43edo - Budjarn Lambeth

December - 42edo