I am Uncreative Name, or Unque - I'm a music theorist, composer, mathematician, worldbuilder, and linguist. I'm most well-known on the Xenharmonic Alliance Discord for my advocacy of tuning systems that are often criticized for their lack of accuracy or utility.
I learned of the Arabic Maqamat several years ago when I was studying non-Western music traditions, and I was especially intrigued by the presence of the neutral intervals in Jins Rast and other scales. This kickstarted a weird rabbit hole where I learned about the harmonic series, Just Intonation, and various Equal Divisions of the [your name here].
My favorite xen EDOs are 15, 17, and 22; I also like experimenting with nonoctave tunings (24edt is a favorite of mine), and I use pure JI from time to time. My favorite abstract temperaments include Porcupine, Sohajira, Archy, Mavila, Squares, Orwell, Sensi, and anything with Semifourths.
Music
Here are some of the tracks I've written, I guess:
- Spring (26-EDO): https://youtu.be/OjW8dgooG9Q_
- Isles of Despair (15-EDO): https://youtu.be/T49aXRutQxE
- Summer (17-EDO): https://youtu.be/UthDbDI31IY
- Nachtlandian Somersault (19-EDO): https://youtu.be/XZ3zB3EDKOM
- Bonetrousle Remix (22-EDO): https://youtu.be/wgyie6m7f5g
- Random Encounter Type Beat (2.3.7 JI): https://youtu.be/0OkCl2yfgBo
- Methane Lamentation (31-EDO): https://youtu.be/CBmYRoej2yQ
Contributions
Here are some of the contributions I've made to theory here on the wiki:
- A convention for describing 15-EDO Chords
- Dhembrwood Temperament
- Redeye Scale
- A study on Imaginary Harmonics
- Chord Interlace Scales
- The Octaphore/Enneagari comma and its related temperaments (I am sadly responsible for that name too)
- A naming convention for MV3 ternary scales (which is currently undergoing serious reconstruction)
- A system of nineteen functions to describe xenmelody
- A 17-EDO based music theory used in one of my worldbuilds
- A study on tuning theory as applied to Barbershop music