Back in February I posted about granular modulation. Since then I have developed a more general method for enumerating the possible alterations of common heptatonic scales. The results are presented in a series of tables. The first table gives the options for altering a single scale tone, the second table gives the options for altering two scale tones, and so on, up to the limit of six alterations. Only four scales are considered (major, melodic minor, harmonic major, harmonic minor) for reasons that are explained in the original article. The tables are HERE.
Polymeter is a free, open source MIDI sequencer for music that's in multiple prime meters (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc.) simultaneously. Each track has its own loop length, and when the lengths differ, the tracks "slip" (or shift phase) relative to each other. I originally developed this software in the 1990s in order to compose polymeter electronic dance music, but it became obsolete, so I'm rescuing from bit rot what might be (for all I know) the world's only sequencer optimized for polymeter.
Friday, September 16, 2022
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Heptatonic scales with a minor third
Which heptatonic scales consist entirely of semitones, whole tones, and a single minor third, without having two semitones in a row? The he...
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My first vivid memory of NCP [No Commercial Potential, a radio program at WZBC 90.3 in Boston] is of hearing the soundtrack and dialogue of ...
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Milkii Brewster on GitHub asks "Linux version? Plugin version? Possibly maybe in the future?" and here's my answer: The Polym...
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Version 1.0.12 of Polymeter is released today. One big change is that in the track view, the step duration (AKA Quant) can now be entered as...