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=== Moonglade scale === | === Moonglade scale === | ||
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the 24-tone scale she used in her piece 'Moonglade'. | In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in late September 2025, Gutierrez described the 24-tone scale she used in her piece 'Moonglade'. | ||
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=== Gutierrez-Lambeth quasi-subharmonic pentatonic === | === Gutierrez-Lambeth quasi-subharmonic pentatonic === | ||
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in September 2025, Gutierrez described the 4-tone JI chord 7/6 - 40/27 - 11/5 - 7/2. | In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in late September 2025, Gutierrez described the 4-tone JI chord 7/6 - 40/27 - 11/5 - 7/2. | ||
In a reply, [[Budjarn Lambeth]] noted that the shape of the step pattern looked like the [[subharmonic series]], and adding a 6/1 would preserve this shape. | In a reply, [[Budjarn Lambeth]] noted that the shape of the step pattern looked like the [[subharmonic series]], and adding a 6/1 would preserve this shape. | ||
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* (identical to original scale within 0.6{{c}}) | * (identical to original scale within 0.6{{c}}) | ||
=== 7/6s-and-4/3s scale === | |||
In a public post on the [[Xenharmonic Alliance]] Discord server, in early October 2025, Gutierrez described the 8-tone JI scale: | |||
* 28/27-7/6-4/3-112/81-14/9-392/243-16/9-2/1 | |||
It has step pattern: | |||
* 28/27-9/8-8/7-28/27-9/8-28/27-54/49-9/8 | |||
She recommended tempering it to [[36edo]], where it has step pattern: | |||
* 2 6 7 2 6 2 5 6 | |||
[[Category:People]] | [[Category:People]] | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 5 October 2025
Maeve Gutierrez is a producer of microtonal hyperpop, ambient and other experimental electronic music. In her music, she has explored 27edo, 31edo and various just intonation scales among other tunings. She is also a music theorist who extensively uses Scale Workshop.
Discography and socials
Invented scales
6ed7/3+7edo scale
Moonglade scale
In a public post on the Xenharmonic Alliance Discord server, in late September 2025, Gutierrez described the 24-tone scale she used in her piece 'Moonglade'.
This was the post:
"
i would like to share a custom scale i made (& used in my song "moonglade" which is on all distrokid-supported streaming platforms, in the ep "luna" by maeve gutierrez (me)). i focused mainly on shimmery intervals/textures like wolf tones and commas, but also included some pure/JI consonances & there is also plenty of dissonance/tension available
alot of the intervals also exist between intervals: flat whole tone is a -14 comma lower than the whole tone, the harmonic major chord triad (+0,+386,+969) has a natural +583 tritone between the 3rd and 7th, etc!
obviously if anyone wants 2 use it u can!! i dont own the intervals!!! its a fun scale to play with for harmony/thick chords
(moonglade is a very old word that means the moonlight shining on oceans, lakes etc)
"
This is the scale in cents:
- 14.
- 88.
- 187.
- 201.
- 289.
- 311.
- 386.
- 498.
- 520.
- 583.
- 680.
- 702.
- 716.
- 787.
- 867.
- 884.
- 969.
- 991.
- 1013.
- 1066.
- 1076.
- 1102.
- 1178.
- 1200.
Edos that approximate the Moonglade scale especially well for their size include:
Detempering in 19-limit just intonation:
- 121/120 — 20/19 — 10/9 — 9/8 — 13/11 — 6/5 — 5/4 — 4/3 — 23/17 — 7/5 — 40/27 — 3/2 — 50/33 — 11/7 — 33/20 — 5/3 — 7/4 — 23/13 — 9/5 — 224/121 — 13/7 — 17/9 — 65/33 — 2/1
- (identical to original scale within 5 ¢)
When tempered to 72edo, the step pattern for the Moonglade scale is:
- 1 4 6 1 5 2 4 7 1 4 6 1 1 4 5 1 5 1 2 3 1 1 5 1
- (identical to original scale within 8 ¢)
When tempered to 270edo, the step pattern for the Moonglade scale is:
- 3 17 22 3 20 5 17 25 5 14 22 5 3 16 18 4 19 5 5 12 2 6 17 5
- (identical to original scale within 1 ¢)
Gutierrez-Lambeth quasi-subharmonic pentatonic
In a public post on the Xenharmonic Alliance Discord server, in late September 2025, Gutierrez described the 4-tone JI chord 7/6 - 40/27 - 11/5 - 7/2.
In a reply, Budjarn Lambeth noted that the shape of the step pattern looked like the subharmonic series, and adding a 6/1 would preserve this shape.
Gutierrez thought the 6/1 was a great addition and resolved to use this scale/chord in a future piece.
Its intervals are:
- 7/6
- 40/27
- 11/5
- 7/2
- 6/1
Ed6s with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:
Edos with especially good approximations of this scale for their size are:
Octave-reduced variant
This works well in the same edos the regular scale does. You can choose to keep or leave the 3/2 (reduced 6/1):
- 11/10
- 7/6
- 40/27
- 3/2 (optional)
- 7/4
- 2/1
When tempered to 37edo, the step pattern for the reduced scale is:
- 5 3 13 9 7
- (identical to original scale within 7.5 ¢)
When tempered to 58edo, the step pattern for the reduced scale is:
- 8 5 20 14 11
- (identical to original scale within 4 ¢)
When tempered to 67edo, the step pattern for the reduced scale is:
- 9 6 23 16 13
- (identical to original scale within 4 ¢)
When tempered to 72edo, the step pattern for the reduced scale is:
- 10 6 25 17 14
- (identical to original scale within 3 ¢)
When tempered to 270edo, the step pattern for the reduced scale is:
- 37 23 93 65 52
- (identical to original scale within 0.6 ¢)
7/6s-and-4/3s scale
In a public post on the Xenharmonic Alliance Discord server, in early October 2025, Gutierrez described the 8-tone JI scale:
- 28/27-7/6-4/3-112/81-14/9-392/243-16/9-2/1
It has step pattern:
- 28/27-9/8-8/7-28/27-9/8-28/27-54/49-9/8
She recommended tempering it to 36edo, where it has step pattern:
- 2 6 7 2 6 2 5 6