Dr Lillian Hearn joins Hannah Brockway for a fascinating introduction to the world of microtonal music, exploring the sounds, scales and tuning systems that exist beyond the notes most of us hear every day.
Together they discuss how microtonal music is written and performed, why musicians are drawn to these alternative ways of thinking about sound, and the surprising connections between music, mathematics and synaesthesia. They also explore why so many neurodivergent people are part of the microtonal community, making this an episode about curiosity and creativity as much as music itself.
Find out more:
🎼 Online microtonal community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenharmonic2/
🎵 Sevish: https://www.youtube.com/@Sevish
🎶 Lillian's band – Yak Herders: https://www.youtube.com/@YakHerders
📖 Lillian's PhD dissertation: https://researchers.westernsydney.edu.au/en/studentTheses/the-cognition-of-harmonic-tonality-in-microtonal-scales/
🎭 Afterglow: https://griffintheatre.com.au/whats-on/afterglow/
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