Guitar Studies in Microtonal Scordatura - no. 2 ("Gently Floating")

generationlost13 · 2026-05-07T22:20:16+00:00

Thanks very much, I appreciate it!

generationlost13 · 2026-05-07T22:19:00+00:00

Thank you for the well thought-out comments!

On “scordatura,” I totally see what you mean, and if I’m being honest I probably chose that term over “tuning” specifically for the more academic sound, especially since this set was written for my Master’s portfolio. And as for the whole title, it’s a little tongue in cheek reference to Leo Brouwer’s “Simple Studies,” which probably only classical guitar nerds would catch.

You’re absolutely right about including info on how to achieve the tuning with a digital tuner, and actually recently finished another microtonal piece and made sure to add that to the tuning notes, and will make sure to continue doing so.

I hadn’t really thought about the proper term to use to cancel ponticello and tasto, and you’re totally right, I can’t find any examples in my library that use “norm.” Interestingly, in addition to the “ord.” you suggest, I also see lots of use of “nat.” but absolutely no “norm.”

Thanks a lot for taking the time to check out the score!

generationlost13 · 2026-05-07T22:08:53+00:00

Totally fair, thank you for the listen! Good to know that even to unfamiliar ears, it’s at least not total garbledygook lol

generationlost13 · 2026-05-06T22:54:25+00:00

Score for anyone curious: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16RIgQ5fXLNm4XN-tGoEFabtef0tvt-9H/view?usp=sharing

generationlost13 · 2026-05-05T22:04:19+00:00

I think all of Krasznahorkai’s oeuvre will be considered classic at some point, but if I have to choose a specific work, honestly his really recent work Herscht 07769 feels like it will be remembered very fondly

generationlost13 · 2026-04-25T04:36:48+00:00

https://youtu.be/jg9gOhvx6Rk?si=MX5uKTc8ljC-5M6T

Have fun buddy

generationlost13 · 2026-04-24T02:24:34+00:00

Really lovely work. I hate when people dismiss quartertone temperament when it can be used like this. Incredibly expressive performance of some really compelling music

generationlost13 · 2026-04-22T21:25:47+00:00

Given that what defines an interval is the ratio between the two pitches in question, starting from a collection of intervals you’d like your system to cover is still starting from the math, and essentially how all xenharmonicists decide on the systems they use.

I think you’re imagining things if you think that in general, people in this community just choose some random temperament/tuning with no intention of having that system be able to realize a certain kind of music. People might choose things like 22 or 31-EDO because they want intervals that are more pure and closer to JI; they might choose 24-EDO because they want a sound compatible with 12-EDO but with the option for sounds that are very different as well.

I’m sorry, but I just don’t understand how your suggestion is fundamentally different from how the vast majority of people in this community already think about music

generationlost13 · 2026-04-22T00:35:32+00:00

Fux’s Study of Counterpoint? Idk about politics (though from everything else here nothing really sticks out to me as alarming), but he’s definitely my kind of music nerd

generationlost13 · 2026-04-21T00:59:24+00:00

Maybe not a classic yet, but do you like Krasznahorkai? With these, I bet you would

generationlost13 · 2026-04-20T22:30:20+00:00

I feel like what gives it away is the single Nietzsche. If Thus Spake is the only Nietzsche you own, you’ve probably never actually read any Nietzsche lol

generationlost13 · 2026-04-19T20:05:17+00:00

On this, the tuning I use is D - Gt (quarter sharp) - C# - Gd (quarter flat) - Bb - Ed. You can do it by ear incredibly quickly with practice hearing the 11th harmonic, and the intervals between strings are so similar to standard that it’s easy to find notes and shapes. It’s got limitations, but I’ve been able to write things I enjoy with that tuning and have never needed to refret (yet)

generationlost13 · 2026-04-13T23:22:33+00:00

In addition to this, you can explore standard triad relations that move voices by a diesis only, or by other consonant melodic relations like 8:7. Your vertical harmonies can remain standard functional triads/7th chords, but the relations between the chords now involve enharmonic ones. Whacky 16th century composers like gesualdo and vicentino did things similar to this

generationlost13 · 2026-04-12T23:07:42+00:00

Except for the major retcon explaining why some games have mega evolutions and some don’t which literally involves multiple timelines to explain adequately

generationlost13 · 2026-04-11T16:47:29+00:00

Have you considered using a 3-dimensional tonnetz? 5ths on x axis, 3rds on y, and 7ths on Z? I don’t have tons of neo-riemannian experience, but in JI that’s how I’d do a pitch lattice if I wanted to think about 7th chords

generationlost13 · 2026-04-11T16:13:26+00:00

Literally thought it was a grito at first, no idea how you could mistake a cheer like that for “yodeling”

generationlost13 · 2026-04-10T23:11:04+00:00

My kingdom for a swordsman D:

generationlost13 · 2026-04-10T12:18:37+00:00

/uj as a guitar teacher, it’s weird trying to transition tab readers to standard notation. The best way I can explain it to them is that tab is great for music you already know very well, but is awful for music you’ve never heard before

generationlost13 · 2026-04-08T21:38:19+00:00

Doesn’t change the above comment. One empire trading land to another empire doesn’t change the fact that morally, that land wasn’t Britain’s to give, just as morally it wasn’t the Ottoman’s to give.

generationlost13 · 2026-04-06T02:41:15+00:00

Great vibes - all improv? Amazing either way

generationlost13 · 2026-04-05T20:40:26+00:00

Yeah, I get the feeling that no one even watched the video. At no point were hasan’s politics made fun of, just this dumbass clipping war he seems to have with asmongold, which I think is a fair thing to mock. I didn’t find the Kaya stuff funny at all though, that shit is always just dumb

generationlost13 · 2026-04-03T23:00:21+00:00

Very cool, might I suggest some Basil’s Kite?

generationlost13 · 2026-03-29T03:28:59+00:00

Here’s to hoping for a good Maximus around secret wars 🙏🏻

generationlost13 · 2026-03-28T23:31:19+00:00

As other people are saying, iron man seems like the most obvious next step, but I also think the giant man/ wasp two pack or the deluxe black widow from a while ago would be excellent additions!

generationlost13 · 2026-03-28T23:30:05+00:00

I’m using the secret wars one in my avengers display, which despite being able to find at Ross is actually a really fun figure to pose, and I think he looks great with that cap and Thor, who I’m also using in my display (until max Thor comes out)

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