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D I E S I S
by UnbihexiumFan · 2026-01-19 · song #538 · original

The fifth song in my upcoming six-part album Microtonal Mania!. This song was written in 31edo, the tuning system that splits each octave into 31 parts instead of 12. The idea for the song started out with me misremembering what the Xenharmonic Wiki said about 31edo. I had thought it had said that the each 31st of an octave was an important distance between intervals but could not be used as an interval in its own right, so I used it as an interval between notes very frequently out of spite. I kinda based the song around using that small interval, which is called a "diesis", hence the name of the song. I also used a lot of the harmonic seventh chord, which I gave explanation on in the description of Welcome to the ASFGRJSFS.

Please provide feedback on this piece! You can find the album on SoundCloud here.

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UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-19 · comment #565

I have no idea how I'm gonna get the last song out on BeepBoard because it's split into six projects :/. I was thinking of uploading each part individually but I imagine it might overcrowd some things (either the servers or my profile). It will be on SoundCloud tho! :)

UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-19 · comment #567

come to think of it I could create a new account for it and post all the parts there to avoid cluttering my profile

minty

2026-01-19 · comment #568

woah?! aeolian sounds so much like the minor key... this gives me an idea

UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-19 · comment #570

I don't know if this is a joke or not so I'd just like to point out that Aeolian is another name for minor

minty

2026-01-19 · comment #572

Oh............................ i'm jummbingly numbling boxingly dumnb

UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-19 · comment #573

you're good, I don't think most people know that minor and Aeolian are the same

btw Ionian and major are the same too

minty

2026-01-20 · comment #577

Thank you for this valuable information.

UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-20 · comment #579

You're welcome :)

I didn't want to use the names "major" and "minor" to refer to those scales because calling Aeolian and Ionian "major" and "minor" even though there are other scales which feature major and minor intervals, comes from the tradition of treating Aeolian and Ionian as the two main scales, even though Mixolydian is objectively better than Ionian

The actual reason is that the point of EdoBox is to experiment with non-traditional music theory, so why should names be used that are deeply rooted in how music is used today? Aeolian and Ionian shouldn't be treated as the two main scales (since we are getting away from traditions) and I want the names to reflect that.

UnbihexiumFan

2026-01-20 · comment #580

Mixolydian is still objectively better than Ionian tho

minty

2026-01-21 · comment #590

I tried mixolydian a lil bit, and I gotta say: I very much agree! 100%. 100%. 100%.

minty

2026-01-21 · comment #591

ohhh that makes sense I like that idea