The Equal-Tempered Keyboard, by Aaron Andrew Hunt

The Equal-Tempered Keyboard

by Aaron Andrew Hunt

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Stephen Weigel This enthralling masterpiece stands completely alone in its genre. The way Aaron weaves through apparent tonalities in xenharmonic tunings often sounds highly "right," yet may be outside of particular scales. I particularly am fond of the pieces in 14-TET and on, which carry a deep sense of mysteriousness, enchantment, and song. I will certainly be appreciating this set of pieces for the rest of my life. Favorite track: Prelude in 14ET.

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1.	Prelude in 5ET 00:41	buy track
2.	Invention in 5ET 00:43	buy track
3.	Prelude in 6ET 01:42	buy track
4.	Invention in 6ET 01:32	buy track
5.	Prelude in 7ET 01:35	buy track
6.	Invention in 7ET 00:42	buy track
7.	Fantasia & Fugue a4 in 8ET 09:15	buy track
8.	Prelude in 9ET 04:25	buy track
9.	Fugue a3 in 9ET 02:00	buy track
10.	Prelude in 10ET 03:11	buy track
11.	Fugue a3 in 10ET 02:07	buy track
12.	Prelude in 11ET 05:09	buy track
13.	Adagio in 11ET 05:35	buy track
14.	Invention in 11ET 01:11	buy track
15.	Fugue a2 in 12ET 02:22	buy track
16.	Prelude in 13ET 01:48	buy track
17.	Invention in 13ET 02:42	buy track
18.	Prelude in 14ET 04:08	buy track
19.	Fugue a3 in 14ET 03:43	buy track
20.	Prelude in 15ET 02:15	buy track
21.	Fugue a3 in 15ET 02:08	buy track
22.	Prelude in 16ET 03:58	buy track
23.	Fugue a3 in 16ET 01:53	buy track
24.	Prelude in 17ET 04:57	buy track
25.	Invention in 17ET 01:34	buy track
26.	Prelude in 18ET 04:40	buy track
27.	Fugue a3 in 18ET 01:59	buy track
28.	Prelude in 19ET 04:01	buy track
29.	Fugue a3 in 19ET 02:02	buy track
30.	Prelude in 20ET 03:57	buy track
31.	Fugue a3 in 20ET 04:52	buy track
32.	The Star Spangled Banner in 19ET 01:39	buy track
33.	Rondo in 19ET 02:01	buy track

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Total Duration: 1h 38m 5s

A "world's first" collection of Preludes, Inventions & Fugues in all equal divisions of an octave from 5 to 20 tones, composed 1999-2021.

This music is almost guaranteed to sound "out of tune", "wrong", maybe even "painful", the first time you hear it. Give it a chance with multiple listens and it should begin to bend your ears (and maybe even your mind!)

Scores available from Zwillinge Verlag: zwillinge.zentral.zone/katalog.php#ZV986413

Preface to the score (in German, English, and French) with tuning tables: zwillinge.zentral.zone/vorschau/etk_frontmatter.pdf

To support my work, please go to aah.zentral.zone/support
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credits

released April 20, 2022

Virtual performance recorded 2021 by AAH using Synthogy's Ivory Model B Steinway Concert Grand Piano.

Special thanks to George Taylor at Synthogy for Ivory's stellar microtonal implementation. www.synthogy.com
(I am not affiliated with Synthogy)

Tracks may be updated at any time.

Changelog:
20.04.2022 - Album released
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In memory of my friend Jordan Petkov hpi.zentral.zone/blog?p=235

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