textures in time | polychromatic 49

[@aonutsihasnouith]

When I listen to your pieces I feel like I’ve been colorblind my whole life and I’m seeing color for the first time. I love your notation system and the way you think about music. I feel like you’re from the future. You’re inspiring me to buy one of these.

[@PreRendered]

Really happy to see a new upload from you! This sounded beautiful.

[@rinthean]

There's no musician I'd rather hear something new from, and no one else who can make music so new.

[@Charlesgudagafva]

Wow, I had a full on physical reaction at 1:39

[@ianolney3735]

You are one of the brightest minds in musical history, exploring a world many of us will not for decades I imagine.

[@bystander85]

Hearing microtonal music has made me realize how important the relationship between rhythm and harmony is in composition. Thanks for your pioneering work on this fascinating instrument.

[@michaelbildstein4895]

Maybe you will meet Carolina Eyck for some extraordinary compositions. I bet your lumatone will perfect harmonice with her theremin. I like your music.

[@lellowranger]

There is nothing quite like your compositions. I really appreciate what you do. : )

[@RadioZonde]

I want one of these sooo bad

[@spountzee]

Beautiful again. Your work is truly unique and will be remembered in the future

[@dopaminecloud]

What a genius call to slowly lower the pitch on that final chord. I swear I heard entire pieces play in there.

[@modalmixture]

There's always one particular part of a Catherino composition that sort of melts my brain in a very pleasant way, 4:19 - 4:40 is the part in this piece. Almost sounds like jazzy microtonal ii-V-Is...

[@servouk]

it's the chord at 1:39 for me

[@2WheelsGood.01]

I came here to say the exact same thing!

[@philippequesnel]

YES! Loved that part too .. I then just lost it at the change between the two chords at 4:56 then 5:11 !!! wow. Seriously, an emotional reaction, last time this happened was re-re-re-..listening recently to Rite of Spring ;-)

[@toddegoldberg]

Nice. Nice. Tonally badass.

[@jadontwum]

So happy I found your channel during the first pandemic. Acts as a reminder of the many worlds within me I can reside in for solace. Thankyou ❤

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

Guess you mean plannedemic. 😉 Psychological operation. 😬 But yes, you are right way may find solace in the inner worlds invoked by this sublime music by mz Catherino. 🥰💖🙏🏼🎵✨️

[@Animal_lives_matter]

Sounds like the seven trumpets of the apocalypse. Muy cinematográfico.

[@WhiteRussianDolls]

Visionary!

[@jamante6746]

6:06 i broke through

[@trainzack]

You always have the best timbres. Love it!

[@Baltho76]

What a beautiful piece. That Jazz intro with the bass doing that uprightbass tone is endearing. It works like a naive down to earth and playful start before diggin into the harmonies of the cosmos! I'm fond of that narrative mode. I though about Gershwin, Stravinsky, maybe a bit of John Barry along the listening, that's being subjective and part of the psycho-resonant effect of your music! Thanks for sharing

[@d0lvl0]

Delightful!

[@3OrMoreBones]

Always finding enjoyment listening outside the 12 tone system. Thank you!

[@KrazyRobot]

so damn good

[@GizzyDillespee]

It looks like you're playing a robot rainbow serpent, FTR.

[@GizzyDillespee]

In case people wonder, that's not supposed to be negative. I don't know why people would take that as a negative, but maybe there's a taboo against playing rainbow serpents somewhere, or something like that.

[@pmorley7734]

@@GizzyDillespee I'm sure the robot rainbow serpents will understand. I thought it was a lovely remark.

[@frequencymanipulator]

@dolomuse, Goddess of the Harmonics, Queen of the Ratios, Polychromatic High Priestess, Revealer of Unique Dimensions. We are at your service; issue your commandments, and we await your instruction.

[@bazookaman1353]

✊

[@GizzyDillespee]

Oh crap... does this mean I won't be going back to my previous mind control cult? In that case, if the people handing out the crepe paper flowers show up, tell 'em I'm gone!

[@frequencymanipulator]

@@GizzyDillespee I’m sorry any previous commitments to cults are null and void, harmonics is the way.

[@thegreatreverendx]

Music from other worlds and higher spheres.

[@alfredocalderini1292]

Chaotic and beautiful, totally inspiring

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

Blissful. Thank you!

[@Polyrhythms]

Beautiful

[@GEMOTO]

and to think i was just recently wondering where you'd been! lovely videos as always

[@djackson771411]

I am patiently waiting for an EP or album. Great soundscapes!

[@Nesta125]

As ethereal as ever!!! beautiful

[@hubertheiser]

Great to hear a new piece of yours, thank you!

[@Liquidskwid]

Dolomuse doesn't disappoint!

[@sillylittletroy]

I don't know HOW it works, I just know THAT it works.

[@frequencymanipulator]

*Gestures Vaguely*, Physics, man, it is all about physics, maths, and ratios. and stuff.

[@A.s.i.s.i.o.]

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[@camtaylormusic]

So this is 49-equal, and the pink keys at the top are enharmonic with the next red key at the bottom, e.g. pink D = red E? 49-equal (22+27) is a really interesting division, the regular perfect fourths are narrow enough that 2 give an okay (sub)minor 7th, 3 give a beautiful subminor third and 4 a great subminor sixth. I think you should also try 50 (kind of on the other end of the spectrum in terms of fourth/fifth size with more mellow meantone thirds, sixths and sevenths, but really great approximations to higher harmonics like 11, 13, and 23), and of course, 53 (beautifully pure fifths (pythagorean thning), classic just thirds, and virtual JI with lots of added colour, backwards-compatible with early western polyphony, classical Turkish theory, and even a lot of Hindustani theory, wirh single step commas incredibly versatile.

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

Speaking of Hindustan music, 41edo, 46edo and 87edo are good tunings for Sruti scales, especially with the Magic and Shrutar temperaments. 😀💖 Check the wenwiki for more info.

[@camtaylormusic]

@@henrikljungstrand2036 53-equal does better on almost every standard "Traditional" Raga, but there are some where 87 would trump it when we need for example a partially tempered Dha in between 5/3 and 27/16. I love 87 as a tuning, but don't think this is where it really shines. I can't think of any Hindustani musicians who would prefer 41- to 53-equal, or any decent reasons why which would apply to traditional tonal forms, although there are of course handy temperaments like Magic that can connect things in weird (unconventional) ways.

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

@@camtaylormusic Thanks for the response! I got the impression, when reading the xenwiki article on srutis, that the Magic and Shrutar (rank 2) temperaments were especially applicable to represent the different sizes of (more or less) 5-limit JI srutis (a rank 3 "temperament"). Since (the rank 1) 41edo and 46edo are good representatives of these linear (rank 2) temperaments, i thought that the more accurate 87edo, that belongs to the 41&46 rank 2 temperament, and most likely to the sought rank 3 temperament of srutis, would be a good option. But i confess that i know little about the precise intonation practices of Hindustan music, more than that there are 22 srutis usually acknowledged, that these line up in almost 12 pairs of similar notes/intervals (except for the 2/1 and 3/2 over the basic tonic, who are single), that these in theory are defined by 5-limit JI relationships, although they may be fine tuned differently in practice, and that Hindustan Raga musicians are usually very strict about the music actually SOUNDING just!

[@camtaylormusic]

@@henrikljungstrand2036 speaking of those tunings, I think Dolores would probably like the sound and feel of 46 and 87 (and probably 34 and 58 too), but probably not 41 as much. Would be interesting to "blind test" her on different equal divisions though.

[@dolomuse]

Exactly! the pink keys are enharmonic notes G pink = A red. I'll give 50 a try, thanks for the suggestion. I'm trying to demonstrate that the polychromatic system simplifies using micro-pitch scales of any number. The harmonic interactions are unique to each scale, and this is so exciting to explore!

[@liamshenk5202]

it sounds like exploring an alien planet

[@frequencymanipulator]

🔥

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

49edo is a nice flavour of Superpyth temperament! Similarly to 50edo being a nice flavour of Meantone temperament!

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

It (49edo) is also good for Hanson/Catalan temperament, Clyde temperament and Bohpier temperament. Among others.

[@organist1982]

You make every EDO sound amazing, Dolores! How do you memorize the different chord shapes in all the different EDO's?

[@dolomuse]

The polychromatic system is easy to use with any micro-pitch scale. I can quickly write out ideas in a tab-style notation (i.e. E subscript g for E green). This helps me develop and practice a composition enough to memorize it. After I record a performance, I transcribe it in colorized music notation.

[@organist1982]

@@dolomuse Fascinating! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@carcomp101]

I was hoping you'd be active again.. I had a question. I love 'Toward the Continuum' and I've shared it with others who have expressed the same thoughts. I was wondering why it is so different than your other songs. Could you ever play a song again that has a melody and a refrain that is 'detectable'? I'm not trying to say that any of your other songs are bad. Far from that.. What I mean to say is that microtone / polychromatic music (to me) usually seems to sound like a wandering outer-space experience. I'm really searching for another song like 'Toward the Continuum' that stimulates feelings similar to "how a song is remembered during a dream"... One might remember the tempo, phrasing, and 'chord progression' but not the exact notes. 'Structures in Sound' started off with a melody but switches to the "space experience" with the whole-notes and exploration. Honestly, I'm just wondering at this point. I hope you find this well and keep up the good work.

[@OrfinMusik]

I love you my brain is just trying to visualize notating this and after years at the symphony I'm still intrigued and befuddled.. where do I acquire one of these insane instruments?

[@rodnaskel2123]

This sounds like something that doesn't exist, like a language you can't imagine or understand, how does one even describe this sort of thing

[@Sw4y]

This is awesome! I'd love to see Jacob Collier play this instrument too!

[@stephenweigel]

He’s got one and has played in 31-TET

[@Gongchime]

So yummy.

[@SaintAlphaOmega]

Absolute nonsense!

[@inamortz2372]

Exactly, it's brilliant! There's more to music than 2ET of safe or angry. Let other people enjoy the nonsense.

[@yungcherub7723]

delightful!