Phlub - Yeti [SHADOW]

from SpinTunes 19 Round 4 by Spintunes

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This song uses a pedal point at A880, and utilizes a scale where each note is a successive sub-harmonic of A880, for a sequence of 15 subharmonics. That is, the base tones of the scale were derived as the following frequencies.

880/15
880/14
880/13
...
880/2
880

For each of these base frequencies, chords were chosen as those including the A880 tonic, but including all harmonics up to the 13th harmonic. With the exception of the parts of the song where only one or two audible synth voices are present, this means that basically it's just a bunch of stacked 2:3:4:5:6:7:8:9:10:11:12:13 chords. And also means that it was a hell of a large tuning file, as these numbers were primarily chosen because I would run out of MIDI note numbers to map the frequencies if I went any higher with it.

Blah blah blah tuning theory, but the track is droning on an A half the time. Every chord has the same A in it.

lyrics

I walk around the Himalayas with a Nikon strapped to my neck
I've got a bag with a tripod in it and I'm on a quest to find him.
I will climb the highest peak and trek through the valleys below
Broken branches and abnormal footprints tell me where to you

How can I how can I how can I how can I how can I how can I
Summon the yeti
I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must
Document the yeti

Ten foot hairy sucker covered in fuzz
Bipedal like he's our species' cuz
See his silhouette against the cedars at dusk
Know you're on the trail when you smell his musk
Hear a branch crack and I know it's sus
Track him down I must I must
Yetis are good at avoiding us
Disappear without a cloud of dust

How can I how can I how can I how can I how can I how can I
Summon the yeti
I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must
Document the yeti

When you play Ski Free
Don't hit a tree
Just take the ramp

I will have my pictures all over the tabloids
I will be famous you'll know who I am boy
Trekking on terrain most trekkers would avoid
I will find him on my own, I don't need a convoy
When I finally find him I will be so overjoyed
I will not shut up about it you will get annoyed
I will not stop till I find this elusive humanoid
If someone's beat me to it then the record's been destroy

How can I how can I how can I how can I how can I how can I
Summon the yeti
I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must I must
Document the yeti

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from SpinTunes 19 Round 4, released May 2, 2022

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