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Video game OST composers can learn from these underground electronic and rock deep-cuts

Video game composers can use this untapped technique to build a stronger sense of place and immerse your listener

Apr 20, 2026 · 8 min read · 1 claps #video-game-music #composer #musicianship

Video game OST composers can learn from these underground electronic and rock deep-cuts

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Folk music tuning systems from all 22 UN subregions

From Mongolian throat singing to Andean panpipes (music theory deep dive!)

May 27, 2026 · 44 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #experimental-music #ethnomusicology

Folk music tuning systems from all 22 UN subregions

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A panel discussion featuring the great tuning theorists from Pythagoras to Harry Partch

Welcome, gentlemen, to what must surely be the most temporally improbable gathering in the history of music theory — we have assembled here…

May 23, 2026 · 26 min read · 0 claps #music-history #music-theory #experimental-music

A panel discussion featuring the great tuning theorists from Pythagoras to Harry Partch

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14 small microtonal scales that sound good on your first try

A list of approachable pentatonic and hexatonic scales with microtones

Apr 30, 2026 · 16 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #experimental-music #avant-garde

14 small microtonal scales that sound good on your first try

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The periods of Earth’s history reimagined as microtonal scales

Why the Bohlen — Pierce scale is the Cambrian period

Jun 03, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #experimental-music #paleontology

The periods of Earth’s history reimagined as microtonal scales

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12-TET vs 31edo vs 41edo vs 53edo vs 72edo: the best high-precision tunings compared — strengths…

Are 31-TET, 41-TET, 53-TET or 72-TET worth the extra notes?

May 11, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #microtonality #music-theory #experimental-music

12-TET vs 31edo vs 41edo vs 53edo vs 72edo: the best high-precision tunings compared — strengths…

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12-TET vs 15edo vs 17edo vs 19edo vs 22edo: the best small-sized tunings compared — strengths and…

This article compares five small equal temperament tuning systems: 12-TET, 15-TET, 17-TET, 19-TET, and 22-TET

May 19, 2026 · 14 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #prog-rock

12-TET vs 15edo vs 17edo vs 19edo vs 22edo: the best small-sized tunings compared — strengths and…

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The complete guide to regular temperaments: 21 tunings explained and compared

Which flavor of microtones should you use?

Mar 17, 2026 · 13 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #microtonality

The complete guide to regular temperaments: 21 tunings explained and compared

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The ‘13 Levels of Microtones’: how deep does the iceberg go?

From normal blues music all the way to so-far unused scales whose name is just a bunch of numbers

May 03, 2026 · 12 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #jazz

The ‘13 Levels of Microtones’: how deep does the iceberg go?

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Make your video game soundtrack unforgettable: the case for microtonal tuning

There are parallel sound universes that exist, with notes different from the 12 we know — and you can use them!

Apr 04, 2026 · 11 min read · 0 claps #composer #music-composition #video-game-music

Make your video game soundtrack unforgettable: the case for microtonal tuning

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How using microtones can take your ambient music to the next level

Untapped potential: the ambient genre and microtonal tuning are a match made in heaven

May 01, 2026 · 10 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #music-production

How using microtones can take your ambient music to the next level

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A list of all 1045 Sanrio characters (with links to their Hello Kitty Wiki articles)

Sanrio’s universe of characters is enormous — over a thousand of them, spanning everything from household names to one-off mascots that…

Jul 07, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #pop-culture #trivia #japanese-culture

A list of all 1045 Sanrio characters (with links to their Hello Kitty Wiki articles)

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10 great microtonal VST plugins to use in your DAW

Get access to microtones in your digital audio workstation with these specialized VSTs

Apr 27, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #music-production #experimental-music #music-theory

10 great microtonal VST plugins to use in your DAW

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A beginner’s guide to Scala: the microtone tuning software nobody teaches

Scala is the universal file format and software package for importing and exporting microtonal scales

May 25, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #experimental-music #avant-garde

A beginner’s guide to Scala: the microtone tuning software nobody teaches

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These 7 well-known VSTs already support microtones (your fav might be one of them)

There’s a good chance your favourite VST already supports microtonality — even if not, read to the end for a workaround!

Apr 29, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #music-production #daw #vst-plugins

These 7 well-known VSTs already support microtones (your fav might be one of them)

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The secretly awesome tuning for microtonal jazz: 37edo (37-equal temperament)

How 37edo provides gorgeous upper chord extensions — both the xenharmonic and familiar ones

Apr 27, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #jazz

The secretly awesome tuning for microtonal jazz: 37edo (37-equal temperament)

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Use 34edo’s 4-fold symmetry to play purer chords

How 34-equal temperament’s “tetracot” structure improves on standard harmony

May 21, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #experimental-music #avant-garde

Use 34edo’s 4-fold symmetry to play purer chords

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Why the bridge of HIMEHINA’s ‘Kiss Kitsune’ sounds “more Japanese” than other J-pop

And how you can replicate it in your own counter-melodies and chord choices

May 31, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #music-theory #japanese-music #j-pop

Why the bridge of HIMEHINA’s ‘Kiss Kitsune’ sounds “more Japanese” than other J-pop

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Break music by using 20 notes instead of 12 (20edo)

What you can achieve with 20-equal temperament (20edo)

May 17, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #music-theory #prog-rock

Break music by using 20 notes instead of 12 (20edo)

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Beatcats, Jewelpet, Mewkledreamy in USA Top 10 in interim results: can Sanrio fans keep them there?

You can participate right now in the biggest underdog story in Sanrio history!

May 12, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #sanrio #anime #fandom

Beatcats, Jewelpet, Mewkledreamy in USA Top 10 in interim results: can Sanrio fans keep them there?

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GammaWave: a donationware hybrid synth that takes microtonality seriously

A capable, affordable microtonal VST

Jun 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #synthesizers #vsts #music-production

GammaWave: a donationware hybrid synth that takes microtonality seriously

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A huge online gallery of microtonal music to listen to

1000s of songs, 100s of artists: how to use Xenharmonic Wiki’s “Listen” pages

May 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #experimental-music #prog-rock #psychedelic-rock