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== By Kite Giedraitis ==
== By Kite Giedraitis ==
{{Main|Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis}}


* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Evening%20Rondo|1 Evening Rondo]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Evening%20Rondo|1 Evening Rondo]]
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* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Latrizo%20Pump%20riff|11 Latrizo Pump riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Latrizo%20Pump%20riff|11 Latrizo Pump riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#6-chord%20riff|12 6-chord riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#6-chord%20riff|12 6-chord riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#V9%20-%20I7%20riff|13 V9 - I7 riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Yin Yang riff|13 Yin Yang riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Im7%20-%20V7%20riff|14 Im7 - V7 riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Im7%20-%20V7%20riff|14 Im7 - V7 riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Fun%20riff|15 Fun riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Fun%20riff|15 Fun riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Mid-9th%20riff|16 Mid-9th riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Cloud%20Chant|16 Cloud Chant]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#James-Bond-ish%20riff|17 James-Bond-ish riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Mid-9th%20riff|17 Mid-9th riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Downminor%20riff|18 Downminor riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#James-Bond-ish%20riff|18 James-Bond-ish riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Downminor%20riff|19 Downminor riff]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Harmonic%20Blues|20 Harmonic Blues]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Kite Giedraitis#Tiny%20Steps|21 Tiny Steps]]


== By Praveen Venkataramana ==
== By Praveen Venkataramana ==
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* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Praveen Venkataramana#Roller%20Coaster%20Etude|4 Roller Coaster Etude]]
* [[Kite Guitar Originals by Praveen Venkataramana#Roller%20Coaster%20Etude|4 Roller Coaster Etude]]


== How to read the scores ==
== By Wilckerson Ganda ==
[https://youtu.be/gQERKtbkMCE Vintage Rock]


===Notes ===
== By Devin Ulibarri ==
The octave is divided into 41 equal steps, a tuning called 41-equal or 41edo or 41-ET or 41-TET. Whereas 12-equal has 100¢ steps, 41-equal has steps of 29.27¢. We can round this off to 30¢ for convenience, since a cent or two doesn't matter much in practice. This 30¢ interval is called an '''arrow''', because the little arrows by the noteheads raise or lower the pitch by 30¢. Notes are called '''up'''-E, '''down'''-F-sharp, etc., written ^E and vF#. A note that has no ups or downs is called '''plain'''. The 7 plain natural notes are close to 12-equal, but they do deviate slightly. The pattern is easy to see when the notes are arranged in chain-of-5ths order:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO75A1DZoAg Cherry, Plum, Peach, and Damson] at FOSSY24
{| class="wikitable center-all"
|+
| style="width:40px;" |Ab
| style="width:40px;" |Eb
| style="width:40px;" |Bb
| style="width:40px;" |F
| style="width:40px;" |C
| style="width:40px;" |G
| style="width:40px;" |'''D'''
| style="width:40px;" |A
| style="width:40px;" |E
| style="width:40px;" |B
| style="width:40px;" |F#
| style="width:40px;" |C#
| style="width:40px;" |G#
|-
| -15¢
| -12.5¢
| -10¢
| -7.5¢
| -5¢
| -2.5¢
|'''0¢'''
| +2.5¢
| +5¢
| +7.5¢
| +10¢
| +12.5¢
| +15¢
|}
All the notes with sharps are extra-sharp. All the notes with flats are extra-flat. Note that G# is sharper than Ab by one arrow. Thus G# is also ^Ab, and Ab is also vG#. (Likewise C# = ^Db, vD# = Eb, etc.) Since G# ≠ Ab, the familiar circle of 12 fifths opens up into a spiral. Because this spiral is really a circle of 41 fifths, the innermost and outermost few notes are duplicates.
[[File:41-edo spiral with notes and cents.png|left|thumb|400x400px]]
[[File:41-edo spiral.png|center|thumb|400x400px]]
 
 
 
 
In the tables and charts above, D is the '''anchor note''' that agrees with standard tuning exactly. D is an ideal anchor because it makes the table symmetrical. But C, G, A and E have also been used by microtonalists historically.
 
Assuming D is the anchor note, let's use that 30¢ figure to find some pitches.
 
* D is 0¢, so ^D is 30¢ sharp and vD is 30¢ flat.
* Bb is -10¢, so ^Bb is +20¢.
* C is -5¢, so vC is -35¢.
 
In certain situations, double arrows are needed. ^^C is called '''dup'''-C and vvC# is '''dud'''-C-sharp. Note that ^^C = vvC#. One more equivalence: ^^C = vDb. Thus 3 arrows = a minor 2nd. These equivalences are useful, because if you've already found vDb on your instrument, and you see ^^C or vvC# on the score, you know what to play.
 
*1 arrow = half a fret = a quarter-sharp or quarter-flat
* 2 arrows = 1 fret = half a sharp/flat
* 3 arrows = 1.5 frets = a minor 2nd
*4 arrows = 2 frets = 1 sharp/flat = an augmented unison
Since a minor 2nd and an augmented unison add up to a major 2nd, there are 7 arrows from C to D. In this table, the plain notes are bolded.
{| class="wikitable center-all"
|+
!0
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-
| style="width:75px;" |'''C'''
| style="width:75px;" |^C
| style="width:75px;" |^^C = vvC#
| style="width:75px;" |vC#
| style="width:75px;" |'''C#'''
| style="width:75px;" | ^C#
| style="width:75px;" | ^^C#
| style="width:75px;" |
|-
|
|vvDb
|vDb
|'''Db'''
|^Db
|^^Db = vvD
|vD
|'''D'''
|}
The three equivalences show up clearly in the 3rd column:
 
* ^^C = vvC# (aug 1sn = 4 arrows)
* ^^C = vDb (min 2nd = 3 arrows)
* vvC# = vDb (descending dim 2nd = 1 arrow)
 
This next table lists all the notes and intervals. Mid intervals, written with "~", are midway between major and minor. A few of the more important frequency ratios are shown.
{| class="wikitable right-3 center-all"
!41-equal note
! colspan="2" | tuning
! colspan="2" |interval from D
|-
|D
|D
| +0¢
|P1
|1/1
|-
|^D
|D
| +29¢
|^1 / vvm2 / ^^d2
|
|-
|^^D / vvD# / vEb
|Eb
| -41¢
|^^1 / vvA1 / vm2
|
|-
| vD# / Eb
|Eb
| -12¢
|vA1 / m2
|
|-
|D# / ^Eb
|Eb
| +17¢
| A1 / ^m2
|
|-
|^D# / ^^Eb / vvE
| Eb
| +46¢
|^A1 / ~2
|
|-
|vE
| E
| -24¢
|vM2
|
|-
|E
| E
| +5¢
|M2
|
|-
|^E / vvF
|E
|  +34¢
|^M2
|
|-
|^^E / vF
|F
| -37¢
|vm3
|7/6
|-
|F
|F
| -7¢
|m3
|
|-
|^F
| F
| +22¢
|^m3
|6/5
|-
|^^F / vvF# / vGb
| F#
| -49¢
|~3
|
|-
|vF# / Gb
|F#
| -20¢
|vM3
|5/4
|-
|#F / ^Gb
|F#
| +10¢
|M3
|
|-
|^F# / ^^Gb / vvG
|F#
| +39¢
|^M3
|
|-
|vG
|G
|  -32¢
| v4
|
|-
|G
|G
| -2¢
| P4
|4/3
|-
|^G
|G
| +27¢
|^4
|
|-
|^^G / vvG# / vAb
|G#
| -44¢
|~4 / vd5
|
|-
|vG# / Ab
|G#
| -15¢
|vA4 / d5
|7/5
|-
|#G / ^Ab
|G#
| +15¢
|A4 / ^d5
|
|-
|^G# / ^^Ab / vvA
| G#
| +44¢
|^A4 / ~5
|
|-
|vA
| A
| -27¢
|v5
|
|-
|A
| A
| +2¢
| P5
|3/2
|-
|^A
|A
| +32¢
|^5
|
|-
|^^A / vvA# / vBb
|Bb
| -39¢
|^^5 / vvA5 / vm6
|
|-
|vA# / Bb
|Bb
| -10¢
|vA5 / m6
|
|-
|A# / ^Bb
|Bb
| +20¢
|A5 / ^m6
|8/5
|-
|^A# / ^^Bb / vvB
|Bb
| +49¢
| ^A5 / ~6
|
|-
|vB
| B
| -22¢
|vM6
|5/3
|-
|B
|B
| +7¢
|M6
|
|-
|^B / vvC
|B
| +37¢
|^M6
|
|-
|^^B / vC
|C
| -34¢
|vm7
|7/4
|-
|C
|C
| -5¢
|m7
|
|-
|^C
|C
| +24¢
|^m7
|
|-
|^^C / vvC# / vDb
|C#
| -46¢
|~7
|
|-
|vC# / Db
|C#
| -17¢
|vM7
|
|-
|#C / ^Db
|C#
| +12¢
|M7
|
|-
|^C# / ^^Db / vvD
|C#
| +41¢
|^M7
|
|-
| vD
|D
| -29¢
|v8
|
|-
|D
| D
|  +0¢
|P8
|2/1
|}
So how exactly would a vocalist or violinist or trombonist tune a precise number of cents sharp or flat? It helps to borrow a Kite guitar and familiarize oneself with the sound of the various intervals. It also helps to understand just intonation. See the [https://kiteguitar.com/what-it-is/ "What it is -- long explanation"] page for an overview.
 
In practice, use the ups and downs as a rough guide, then listen to the other parts and try to blend. For example, the downmajor 3rd from D to vF# is 380¢, very close to the just 5/4 of 386¢. So one simply flattens the F# until the interference beats go away. But wait, should the 3rd be 380¢ or 386¢? In general, deviating slightly from 41-equal is fine, if it makes the chord smoother. The just harmonic 7th is only 3¢ sharp of the 41-equal downminor 7th, so such deviation is even less of an issue.
 
Of course, not all composers use simple JI ratios in their harmonies!
 
See also: [[Ups and downs notation]]
 
===Key signatures===
The key signature is divided into two regions. The #/b region is as usual, except it can also have ## and bb. The arrow region consists of up to two arrow stacks, a quadruple one for the tonic, 2nd 4th and 5th, and a triple one for the 3rd, 6th and 7th. Both stacks always have the same shape. The quadruple stack has 2 columns of arrows with the lowest arrow indicating the tonic. The triple stack has the lowest arrow on the 3rd. Down-A downmajor looks like this:
 
[[File:VA vMajor keysig.png]]
 
The scale is vA vB vvC# vD vE vvF# vvG# vA. Down-A upmajor would omit the triple stack. Down-A plain major would have a triple stack with downs instead of duds.
 
=== Cancelling rules===
TO DO: complete this section
 
=== Chord names===
Any chord name without ups or downs is exactly what one would expect it to be. Cm7 is still C Eb G Bb. But in practice most chords have arrows in them. An arrow between the chord root and the chord type (e.g. C^m7) raises or lowers the 3rd, and also the 6th, 7th or 11th, if present. Thus C down-seven is the usual C7 chord with the 3rd and 7th downed: Cv7 = C vE G vBb. Mnemonic: every other note of a stacked-3rds chord with a 6th below the root is affected: '''6th''' - root - '''3rd''' - 5th - '''7th''' - 9th - '''11th''' - 13th. Note that the 6th is affected, but the 13th is not.
 
If the 3rd is downed but the minor 7th is not, the chord is named C-down add7, written Cv,7. The comma before the 7 means "add".
 
Analogous to M and m, "a" means augmented and "d" means diminished. Thus C^a = C ^E G# and Bvd7 = B vD F vAb. Half-diminished chords are named as dim add7 chords. For example, C ^Eb Gb ^Bb is C updim up-7, written C^d^7.
 
Alterations are enclosed in parentheses, additions never are. For example Cv(vv#5) is C vE vvG#.
 
See also:
 
*[[41edo Chord Names]]
*[[Kite Guitar Chord Shapes (downmajor tuning)]]


[https://youtu.be/s8pnSlNaK_g Cherry, Plum, Peach, and Damson]
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