time-cycles | polychromatic 56

[@edonslow1456]

These microtonal compositions sound so nostalgic to me, and it was hard to figure out why - it's not like a was listening to microtonal music is a child. On a walk through the city though it occurred to me that I listen to and hear some of these intervals all the time. They occur organically from the noise of the city - cars, planes, helicopters, industry. Tones and intervals that fall outside equal temperament. Combine those "found" intervals with musical composition and you end with something new but deeply familiar.

[@Pillowcase]

Thats a really interesting observation.

[@HappysFunPalace]

oh wow, you might be onto something here

[@HappysFunPalace]

I thought about it some more, and I think that is why music like Lo-fi hip hop that use "tape distortion" effect to pitch bend the frequencies have that nostalgia vibe too, since like you said, the tones and intervals fall outside of equal temperament

[@edonslow1456]

@@HappysFunPalace yes, that's a good point. I remember having a tape Walkman that played tapes a little too fast, which would have tuned the music off of 440khz. Some players would wobble. Also a lot of old analogue synth music is slightly out of tune, cos the circuits heating up would cause them to drift. With today's techniques, everything is very rigid tuning wise, and you have to go out your way to do anything else.

[@74bassman]

Well said !!!!

[@BrandonLewisD]

This one pulls on the heart strings. Beautiful work.

[@Sevish]

Great to get to hear another performance from you Dolores. Hope things are going well over there! Love this one. The ending chord is intense

[@MootPoot]

crazy that ur here, love ur stuff man

[@xenura]

This is definitely one of my favourites of yours!!

[@TheBalloonHoax]

Just dolomuse ticklin' the cosmic sound beehive.

[@Quaagin]

Very nice! Thank you for another great song, Dolomuse.

[@BrazosStarr]

My wife and I just graduated with a bachelors in music composition. I’ve been watching your channel for a few years when I got my associates in vocal performance. I love your music, please don’t stop composing.

[@yaaaaay24]

I am just beginning to explore this strange yet wondrous world of microtonal music. The chordal structure of your compositions allow listeners to fully indulge in the incredible harmonic possibilities of polychromatic music. Every time I listen to one of your compositions, I feel like I can see new colors. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for music. You are an excellent composer; please keep sharing your amazing works with us all!

[@playamaqui]

beautiful! 💖💖💖💖

[@harrisonbergeron9119]

Thoroughly enjoy riding along with you in your journey - beautifully done.

[@TheArchiveOfWonder]

So beautiful! Expresses such a wide range of emotion, need to get my first polychromatic controller eventually.

[@yesfan951]

Your research into microtonal composition will be indispensable for future generations. I find your passion for helping engineer and imagine these instruments incredibly inspiring. Thank you and keep up the good work

[@ganazby]

Absolutely beautiful. Bravo!

[@modalmixture]

1:38 Gosh that’s a lovely sonority, warm and cool all at the same time

[@dcpno]

Beautiful! I just like what I'm hearing. The richness and variety of tone appeals to my ear and mind. It's like I just walked into an art gallery and saw a new painting. I know I like it but can't explain why, so I keep looking and enjoy the experience of discovery. I would like to say thank you for giving me access to this lovely music.

[@MontanaMutant]

quite convincingly your best yet. Very good form Dolores!

[@GandalfDoesScience]

It sounds like the combinations of notes are generating their own repeating series of beating tones that take on a life of their own. Always love listening to your compositions and I can only imagine how much time it takes to compose a piece of music like this.

[@rodnaskel2123]

Basically it's the characteristic style of her compositions, even the older ones

[@coalshork]

I love your content! Huge inspiration! Absolutely adore microtonal stuff!

[@c64cosmin]

I feel that there is an orchestra in parallel Universes, each singing their own harmonical consonant compositions in their own spaces, but sometimes they clash and harmonize between them. Beautiful! So lucky to have subscribed!!!

[@trashbirdie]

Thank you thank you

[@stephenweigel]

Wow, this is incredible!!! It's so microtonal and obviously really compelling as well. The way microtonal clusters are used reminds me of Warren Burt or benyamind because of the timbre

[@5SunkenHeights5]

Delores! This is way cool!! Thank you!!!

[@mkagast]

This is really beautiful and amazing, and I just have to believe there is something here that would be of great help with dementia patients and others who have cognitive challenges.

[@susanriggs8896]

This is my introduction to polychromatic music. I found it very compelling. And I loved reading the comments form other listeners, too.

[@Nannette11]

I was just diagnosed with some major hearing loss which is causing me to have tinnitus in both ears on a constant basis; listening to your music is very soothing to my ears. There is so much dimension going on, just fascinating. Knowing that I may be slowing losing my ability to hear as well, your tonal composition is even more meaningful to me at this time. Beautiful creation....lovely! Inspiring!

[@Rilkir]

Thank you.

[@machinate]

I've been hoping for a new piece from you! Thank you for this.

[@dwightanderson9354]

It will have to grow on me. This composition of sounds is great.

[@Digithalis]

It's aöways amazing to play Lumatone, just great!! :-)

[@ZheannaErose]

Love this! I hope you are well. Very bitter sweet indeed. Just what I needed today! :)

[@ahhhabee]

I cannot resist new dolomuse videos they make me float like an apple pie in a window sill

[@luzentime]

Stunning.

[@Mojokiss]

this is so pleasing to my ear

[@benyamind]

4:48 -> love this bit, so deep

[@croatoansounds]

The music is amazing, but just watching you use this instrument is equally amazing haha.

[@dominiquemanchon9914]

Excellent!

[@kalebmorgan6292]

Your hand show so much work!

[@ianolney3735]

wake up honey, new Dolores dropped

[@MantasticHams]

Sounds great! I wish I thought I'd ever be able to afford one of these guys, it was hard enough to justify grabbing my Linnstrument 128, and i still wanna upgrade to a full size one ASAP

[@TheCatInTheHat6505]

It makes me think of music for old movies or tv.

[@michaelstevens8]

Hello from Kansas City, Missouri Dolomuse. Another Outstanding Microtonal Composition. I was wondering, who are your favorite Microtonal Composers and Compositions? Thanks.

[@GizzyDillespee]

Hi, until Dolomuse answers directly - have you clicked on the Dolomuse channel icon, and scolled down to the Favorites section yet? It features some interesting tracks.

[@michaelstevens8]

@Adam-sb1ss Thank you Adam.

[@dolomuse]

My introduction to microtonality was with Harry Partch's Delusion of the Fury. Ben Johnston and Julián Carrillo have some beautiful approaches to microtonal harmony and orchestration.

[@michaelstevens8]

@@dolomuse Thank you for the suggestions. Your Music and Microtonalaty are a Great Inspiration. Thanks.

[@BlackMatt2k]

Thank you

[@samzimmerman5194]

I used to live near a train track - I keep hearing a distinct "train horn" kind of dissonance in this music!

[@luisarielnato]

Great Dolores, like so much, que siga la música!!!

[@zigzagiando]

~translation- on with the music!

[@FarOutBricks]

Love it

[@AvithOrtega]

We are witnessing microtonal music before it becomes the new standard ;)

[@astrocat2008]

😌Wonderful & soothing… 〰🎶➿✨

[@TheCALMInstitute]

Dolores this is absolutely amazing and I have so many questions. I hear a lot of microtonal music, but I seldom hear anyone with this degree of "fluency" or sense of harmony in an alternate scale. How do you build that sense of harmony in a new tuning like this? It sounds like you're playing in a given "key", but how do you think about key in something as wild as 36-EDO?! Are you using scales in this tuning? Modes?

[@luphoria]

Disclaimer - i'm not Dolores - but she's talked about her theory before :) Her concept of poly-chromatic is kind of explained in her 3-year-old video "PolyChromatic Music with the Lumatone" and also gives a quick show of exactly how you can start looking at big EDOs like 36 (or 56, this song) PLUS a guide to her lumatone mapping. From my own anecdote, you can quickly create microtonal music - and I think this is also how her polychromatic theory works - if you think of diatonic scales and modality as a root, and then notes outside of your scale as color alterations. In quarter tone (24edo) temperaments, you see this kind of primitively - there aren't many new harmonies unlocked in 24EDO, but composers instead mostly use it to "shift" the color up or down a quarter tone, giving tunes a lot of color rather than extra harmony. In something like 56, you have a massive amount of harmonic freedom to create some incredible stuff, so you can start thinking of how much color you want to add to each individual note in the harmonies.

[@dolomuse]

The Lumatone is an isomorphic keyboard because it doesn't have a chromatic overlay. I'm exploring using pitch colors based a 7 note scale (A-G). This piece has 8 pitch-colors for every note (56 edo). The harmonic/melodic structure is created more intuitively than analytically. Then I experiment with slight variations of the intervals within the chords to create different movement structures.

[@AhusacosStudios]

Now to have a microtonal piano that can do holographic animations, and Ill be all set.

[@benyamind]

multdimensional

[@tdubasdfg]

Ugh i want one

[@SW3Raceman2890]

masterpeace, as just as always! i think, only two famous people belongs such thin pitch perception - you and Jacob Collier. and it would be wonderful if you could collab

[@comradesusiwolf1599]

sounds like the trains. i like the trains.

[@dawnswain8927]

Different.

[@uiliumpowell4684]

What are the thoughts behind this? Is that microtonal?

[@uriahfiiya]

Yes and yes.

[@rstoeckler]

ti amo!

[@user-no7px7ed4m]

holy shit

[@llyradeline]

mmmmmmmmm delicious

[@walterwinsor4594]

Needs more bass.

[@mothergoose9383]

Sounds like a train.

[@RazvanDinu82]

It sounds like a train. I feel that I can sing anything today with this keyboard. Just awful!!!😢

[@jakeallen6584]

Too sophisticated, I'll stick to what I know. Do, re, mi...