Iceface tuning
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**Ice-face tuning** is a method of performing quarter tones on a standard piano or harp by tuning the black notes or accidentals 50 cents higher than normal. The result is an uneven 12-tone scale that consists of the formula: LsLsMLsLsLM where the L consists of 150 cents, the M of 100 cents, and the s of 50 cents. The scale may be referred to as Ice-face[12] and consists of three sizes of tones. It can be notated as:
C Dd D Ed E F Gd G Ad A Bd B C.
The idea of Ice-face came from Hidekazu Wakabayashi in a dream he had. Wakabayashi claimed that he saw a woman playing a piano that was presumably tuned in the same way that Ice-face[12] is tuned.
"Iced" is a way to refer to a neutral interval to describe the quality it has. Unlike "neutral", iced sounds much less ambiguous and gives the impression that it has a distinct quality rather than just sticking it between major and minor as neutral intervals sound like neither major or minor but in fact have a sound described as "Iced".
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Tuning in [[Scala]] format:</span>
! Iceface.scl
!
Iceface Tuning (all back keys a quartertone up), by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
12
!
150.00000
200.00000
350.00000
400.00000
500.00000
650.00000
700.00000
850.00000
900.00000
1050.00000
1100.00000
2/1
<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">The scale can be thought of as [[Mohajira]][7] superimposed over a diatonic major scale. </span>Take for example, C major C D E F G A B C, and combine it with the Mohajira[7] mode "Iced Major" C D Ed F G Ad Bd C. This gives a scale of C D Ed E F G Ad A Bd B C, a 10-element subset of Iceface[12] as described above.
Iceface[12] contains 2 separate Mohajira[7] pitch class sets, one "Iced Major" mode starting on C (C D Ed F G Ad Bd C) and one on Ad (Ad Bd C Dd Ed F G Ad).
[todo maqams]
==Examples==
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/i-love-you-but-i-love-you|I love you, but I love you (Iceface tuned piano) by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/papers-on-the-ground-for|Papers on the Ground by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/lucid-fairy-tale-iceface-tuned|Lucid Fairy Tale by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-invention-by-jyunetica|Iceface Invention by JyuneticA ("icefaced" by H. Wakabayashi)]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/the-iceface-way-iceface-tuned-piano-a432-khz-from-youtube|The Iceface Way by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-tuned-guitar|Iceface Tuned Guitar by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
* [[https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/sweet-and-microtonal-from-youtube-iceface-tuned-guitar-in-simple-chords|Sweet and Microtonal by Hidekazu Wakabayashi]]
==see also==
* [[Ice Tonality]]Original HTML content:
<html><head><title>Iceface Tuning</title></head><body><strong>Ice-face tuning</strong> is a method of performing quarter tones on a standard piano or harp by tuning the black notes or accidentals 50 cents higher than normal. The result is an uneven 12-tone scale that consists of the formula: LsLsMLsLsLM where the L consists of 150 cents, the M of 100 cents, and the s of 50 cents. The scale may be referred to as Ice-face[12] and consists of three sizes of tones. It can be notated as:<br /> C Dd D Ed E F Gd G Ad A Bd B C.<br /> <br /> The idea of Ice-face came from Hidekazu Wakabayashi in a dream he had. Wakabayashi claimed that he saw a woman playing a piano that was presumably tuned in the same way that Ice-face[12] is tuned.<br /> <br /> "Iced" is a way to refer to a neutral interval to describe the quality it has. Unlike "neutral", iced sounds much less ambiguous and gives the impression that it has a distinct quality rather than just sticking it between major and minor as neutral intervals sound like neither major or minor but in fact have a sound described as "Iced".<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Tuning in <a class="wiki_link" href="/Scala">Scala</a> format:</span><br /> <br /> ! Iceface.scl<br /> !<br /> Iceface Tuning (all back keys a quartertone up), by Hidekazu Wakabayashi<br /> 12<br /> !<br /> 150.00000<br /> 200.00000<br /> 350.00000<br /> 400.00000<br /> 500.00000<br /> 650.00000<br /> 700.00000<br /> 850.00000<br /> 900.00000<br /> 1050.00000<br /> 1100.00000<br /> 2/1<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">The scale can be thought of as <a class="wiki_link" href="/Mohajira">Mohajira</a>[7] superimposed over a diatonic major scale. </span>Take for example, C major C D E F G A B C, and combine it with the Mohajira[7] mode "Iced Major" C D Ed F G Ad Bd C. This gives a scale of C D Ed E F G Ad A Bd B C, a 10-element subset of Iceface[12] as described above.<br /> <br /> Iceface[12] contains 2 separate Mohajira[7] pitch class sets, one "Iced Major" mode starting on C (C D Ed F G Ad Bd C) and one on Ad (Ad Bd C Dd Ed F G Ad).<br /> <br /> [todo maqams]<br /> <br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h2> --><h2 id="toc0"><a name="x-Examples"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->Examples</h2> <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/i-love-you-but-i-love-you" rel="nofollow">I love you, but I love you (Iceface tuned piano) by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/papers-on-the-ground-for" rel="nofollow">Papers on the Ground by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/lucid-fairy-tale-iceface-tuned" rel="nofollow">Lucid Fairy Tale by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-invention-by-jyunetica" rel="nofollow">Iceface Invention by JyuneticA ("icefaced" by H. Wakabayashi)</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/the-iceface-way-iceface-tuned-piano-a432-khz-from-youtube" rel="nofollow">The Iceface Way by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/iceface-tuned-guitar" rel="nofollow">Iceface Tuned Guitar by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://soundcloud.com/hidekazu-wakabayashi/sweet-and-microtonal-from-youtube-iceface-tuned-guitar-in-simple-chords" rel="nofollow">Sweet and Microtonal by Hidekazu Wakabayashi</a></li></ul><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:<h2> --><h2 id="toc1"><a name="x-see also"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->see also</h2> <ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Ice%20Tonality">Ice Tonality</a></li></ul></body></html>