Three Studies for microtonal piano (2019)

A mix of all these techniques may in fact be heard by f.ex. listening to the first 10 bars of the 1st movement (track 1), or the first interlude (track 2).

• Unison string course scordatura
  The C3, D4, A4, F5 are detuned as shown in the Preface.
• Non-unison string course scordatura
  Certain strings of the C#3 and C#5 string courses are detuned as shown in the Preface.
  One may note that there is a mistake in the performance notes, explained further below.
• Use of the una corda pedal
  Buene uses una corda in combination with non-unison string course scordatura to enable changes between a clean sound (the 2 strings to the right sounding in unison) and a more “dirty” sound (all strings sounding) - on the same key.
  While composing, he however imagined that “una corda” meant that only one string would be sounding.
  In order to have the option of a clean sound (when depressing the u.c. pedal), adjustments therefore had to be made:
  For the two string courses where he had asked for 3 different pitches, we decided to detune only the leftmost of the 3 strings, letting the middle string maintain its standard tuning.