Microtonal Beethoven

Listen to the whole piece here on Bandcamp: https://jonathanparry.bandcamp.com/album/a-meeting-of-minds-beyond-teplice Chapters: 0:20 Microtonal Music begins 0:23 Adjusting Equal Temperament C7 chord to Just Intonation (1, 5/4, 3/2,16/9 then 1, 5/4, 3/2, 7/4) 0:55 SynthV Solaria singing Goethe poem ‘Freudvoll und Leidvoll’ using Ptolemy 19 note scale based around interval of 25/24 2:30 4 Natural Horns material for improvisation / The Harmonic Series on D / 4 Part Canon 4:08 Logic Pro Funky Stratocaster guitar playing Harmonic Translation of Beethoven 7th using bespoke tuning: 1, 21/20, 441/400, 6/5, 36/25, 189/125, 5/3, 7/4, 2 5:22 Santoor interlude 5:36 Dreamlike horns playing Harmonic Translation of Beethoven 7th using bespoke tuning: 2/3, 4/5, 1, 5/4*, 32/25* (* except where doubling highlights comma between 5/4 and 32/25 - then a mid point compromise between the two is used.) 7:19 Return of Orchestra in Equal Temperament Jonathan Parry's 'A Meeting of Minds (Beyond Teplice)' composed in 2025 is a set of Orchestral Variations on the 3rd movement from Beethoven's 7th Symphony. This video presents the whole of the dreamlike middle section where Beethoven's ideas are translated into unusual harmonies using microtonal tuning The female voice is produced using #Dreamtonics #SynthV #Solaria #microtonal #justintonation #Beethoven © Jonathan Parry 2025 All rights reserved Credits: Video by The Element: https://www.pexels.com/video/thunder-and-flash-of-lightning-2657691/ Photo by Greg: https://www.pexels.com/photo/seashore-scenery-2418664/