Show HN: Microtonal Piano

by hosolmazon 9/16/24, 8:13 PMwith 25 comments
by franzeon 9/16/24, 10:53 PM

An a similar but also not similar note, today in the morning I and chatgpt tried to create a new kind of musical instrument

https://franzelio.franzai.com/

sadly no uptick on HN

by jjslocum3on 9/16/24, 10:41 PM

I knew a musician who once clicked on a "ring for customer service" bell at the service counter of a laundromat, and then told the arriving attendant "Your bell is a quarter-tone flat."

by BLKNSLVRon 9/16/24, 11:39 PM

Obligatory reference to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's album "Flying Microtonal Banana"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Microtonal_Banana

Excerpt: "the album is recorded in quarter tone tuning, where an octave is divided into 24 (logarithmically) equal-distanced quarter tones; it was originally conceived to play on a baglama, so the band members used instruments specifically modified for microtonal tuning, as well as other Middle-Eastern instruments like the zurna."

Billabong Valley live at KEXP: https://youtu.be/bvtF2Ie90m0

by thbb21on 9/20/24, 9:04 AM

Some here may be interested by this fantasy for a microtonal piano:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw5-RAhYt80

Made with my software: HighC https://highc.org

by recursiveon 9/17/24, 12:02 AM

How is the pitch determined? It would make sense if it was based on line length, but that doesn't seem to be it.

by apeescapeon 9/20/24, 8:37 AM

Doesn't seem to work on iOS 17.6.1 (can't hear anything when I press a key).

by crdroston 9/20/24, 8:28 AM

No 19edo? I think with 24edo it's the only scheme that could outplay 12.

by jstanleyon 9/20/24, 8:41 AM

> Can you hear the difference?

I can't. Is there an example that makes it clearer?

by eth0upon 9/16/24, 10:31 PM

I'd be interested in a hardware keyboard with this capability.

by epson 9/16/24, 10:20 PM

Shows nothing but a blank screen on an older iPad.