charmed i'm sure
By deeckzeven on March 3, 2026 9:24 pm
(Disclaimer: Please don’t interpret this as me thinking I know things about microtonal music. I read a book once upon a time. I have no practical experience and have not listened broadly.)
The core of this track fell out of some experiments with quarter tones. The scale here is built from stacking two different 24 EDO thirds. Seems like there are number of names for this particular scale, but I see “Mohajira 7” coming up a lot.
One way to build this scale would be by taking the familiar 12 EDO major scale, lowering the 3 and 7 by a quarter step, and raising the 4 a quarter step. So it lands in some very ambiguous territory between minor and major. It’s not too alien sounding. But if you’re like me, it is different enough that you have to ignore what you think you know about harmony and start to develop a new lexicon of sounds.
If you're so inclined, you can check out the gory tuning details or the m8 scale file.
Also, crazy drums make everything better.
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