Ice Tonality

"Ice tonality" can be described as a tonal system that is a kind of generalization of Hidekazu Wakabayashi's Iceface Tuning.

The tunings on this page are all 12-note subsets of 24edo. More specifically, they are all based on 12edo, with a defined selection of notes ("iced notes") tuned a quartertone up or down.

The following variants have been specified:

Ice Bookshop

Also called "Iceface tuning 0.1". (This was Hidekazu Wakabayashi's first microtonal tuning, which was called "Iceface Tuning" until the end of 2012.)

Tuning in Scala format:

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Ice Bookshop Tuning (Iceface tuning 0.1) by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
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Music

• Music from unopned boxes by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
• The Ice Bookshop by Hidekazu Wakabayashi

Iceface

! Iceface.scl
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Iceface Tuning (all back keys a quartertone up), by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
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See separate page.

Half Iceface

"Half Iceface Tuning" consists of standard 12edo for the left hand (chords) and Iceface tuning for the right hand (melodies).

Music

• No Coward Soul Is Minë by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
• You are so microtonal by Hidekazu Wakabayashi

Iceface Maqam

This is a variant meant to play maqam scales. It allows namely to play a full "Rast" maqam, both ascending and descending, starting on the note C.

! WakabayashiIcefacemaqam.scl
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Iceface maqam tuning, by Hidekazu Wakabayashi
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Music

• Iceface Maqam Rast C test recording (Hidekazu Wakabayashi)

Iceface Maqam variant

by Hans Straub

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Variant of Hidekazu Wakabayashi's Iceface tuning (white keys normal, some black keys a quartertone off),
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Music

• Sinai (Hans Straub)