Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Take a cube, assign 3 voices to x, y and z.
Divide the edges in n parts - and divide an octave in n parts. each vertex becomes a note (chord, actually).
And then walk through the cube.
One restriction - actually two - only one voice moves at a time, and only one step up or down. Or it doesn’t move.
3 parts:
n=4 (+1), each vertex is 3 semitones from its neighbor
n=12(+1), each vertex is 1 semitone from its neighbor
n=7(+1), the vertices form a major scale.
If you want to play around with the excel file, find it here: goo.gl/Gmq0w3
If you want to download the zipped version: goo.gl/XNZCZP
Make sure to allow macro’s to work.
And, yes, there are a lot of hidden worksheets, feel free to look at them (I’ve made some progress in making it user-friendly, but so far I’ve been the only user). Don’t blame me when you break it
Take a cube, assign 3 voices to x, y and z.
Divide the edges in n parts - and divide an octave in n parts. each vertex becomes a note (chord, actually).
And then walk through the cube.
One restriction - actually two - only one voice moves at a time, and only one step up or down. Or it doesn’t move.
3 parts:
n=4 (+1), each vertex is 3 semitones from its neighbor
n=12(+1), each vertex is 1 semitone from its neighbor
n=7(+1), the vertices form a major scale.
If you want to play around with the excel file, find it here: goo.gl/Gmq0w3
If you want to download the zipped version: goo.gl/XNZCZP
Make sure to allow macro’s to work.
And, yes, there are a lot of hidden worksheets, feel free to look at them (I’ve made some progress in making it user-friendly, but so far I’ve been the only user). Don’t blame me when you break it
