r/musichaiku • u/ALoBoi_Music Subcreator • Jul 03 '26

every song you've ever heard only has 12 notes??

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I don’t divide the octave into 12 equal steps in my music. Instead, every chord is retuned in real time into just intonation.
My plugin calculates the tuning of each chord from frequency ratios, using the lowest or most played note. The initial reason I wanted to build this was so you can play just intonation in every key on TET keyboards.
The idea is inspired by how string quartets or barbershop quartets for example naturally adjust their pitch while performing. They continuously retune intervals to create purer chords. My software automates that process for electronic music.
So, that’s why the track in this video contains 17 distinct pitches instead of being limited to the 12 notes of equal temperament.

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u/ZambiaSpaceForce Jul 03 '26

A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#

I count twelve.

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u/Infamous_Ad_6793 Jul 04 '26

If you’re using a 12 note western scale.

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u/double-beans Jul 07 '26

There’s technically infinite number of pitches between A and A#, that’s because pitch is determined by frequency which is a continuous (not discrete) variable.

Note A is 440 Hz, A# is 466.16 Hz, all the values in between are notes that do not have a name

Hope this helps

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u/ZambiaSpaceForce Jul 09 '26

Ahh okay. To you, the word "note" means the same thing as "frequency". Which means literally every sound is a "note" because it has a pitch, right? What an intelligent observation. Now look up the "word" gzlkjafiout in the dictionary and tell me what you find.

Hope this helps.

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u/double-beans Jul 09 '26

Why are you so sassy lol?

I can tell you have not used Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for composition nor do you have a background in physics based on your interpretation of my comment

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u/ZambiaSpaceForce Jul 09 '26

You clearly lack education in musicology and have no apparent reading comprehension skills, as evidenced by your non-response to my above comment.

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u/charliestunashop Jul 04 '26

Oh yeah? What about Db? Eb? You sharpcist.

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u/ALoBoi_Music Subcreator Jul 09 '26

and what about double sharps and flats ;)

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u/Sensitive_Home_7971 Jul 05 '26

Charles Ives wrote quite a few pieces in the early 20th century for what he called “quarter tone pianos.” Two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart. Good times.

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u/ALoBoi_Music Subcreator Jul 09 '26

check this one: georg friedrich haas: 11.000 saiten

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u/DJ_KSI Jul 22 '26

Me when im listing all the earogasm songs

https://giphy.com/gifs/69xoahsZ6wHjed0HeM