Prelude for a Centaur Tuned Piano

[Vaisvil]

I'm curious as to what people here think of music like this

This is a prelude for solo piano tuned in Kraig Grady's Centaur tuning – the Just Intonation ratios are given in the score. The computer rendition from Sibelius & pianoteq did have some difficulty with rendering a proper accelerando so the tempo shifts are a bit abrupt. I am releasing the music and the score under Creative commons 3.0 license with the conditions of attribution, non-commercial applications only, and no derivative works. If you want to do any of that please talk to me.

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and the piano score http://micro.soonlabel.com/centaur_tuning/Prelude_For_Centaur_Tuned_Piano.pdf

[bruno]

Vaisvil - the music is wonderful - but I really struggle with the tunings. I understand the need to extend - as we are constrained by the western 12 notes scale, and that Indian music really copes with different note distribution really well, but I personally keep wanting to tune the instrument. Sorry. Perhaps western tuning is too ingrained in me for such tunings - but keep pushing the boundaries, I do understand why! I probably need to give it a few listens.

I would add Mrs B. likes it - and it is interesting, visual and challenging, to say the least!

[OsCKilO]

My Friend Owen Bourne would  Love this!

Superb!

Gonna send him a Link.

[hardlock]

I've had some classical training and even tuned some pianos.  Unfortunately, most attempts ended sounding like this one but not intentionally.

Very interesting effect.  I haven't heard much alternate tunings but can appreciate their complexity.

[Vaisvil]

Thank you all for the comments and listens! And a special thanks to Mrs B!

This is a relatively mild retuning - I guess at this point I often hear something like this as being more in tune than 12 equal. Though I still enjoy playing in 12  - there are things you can do in 12 equal (or 17 equal, etc.) that you can't do in a tuning like this which is "lumpy" and does not have equal steps.