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"Fluid tuning" refers specifically to the [[tuning]] system developed by [[Geoff Smith]] which makes a piano or a hammer dulcimer dynamically retunable. See [http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music] for a video, see [http://www.dulcimer.co.uk/ Geoff Smith]'s website.
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">"Fluid tuning" refers specifically to the tuning system developed by Geoff Smith which makes a piano or a hammer dulcimer dynamically retunable. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music for a video, see [[http://www.dulcimer.co.uk/|Geoff Smith]]'s website.


Generalized, "fluid tuning" could mean any instrument which offers a "temporarily fixed" tuning. That is, at any one moment, the instrument offers a finite set of fixed pitches, yet it also allows the //continuous// change of what those pitches are. Each pitch-producing mechanism in the instrument (each "voice") then has a defined frequency range. A fluid tuning could then be defined by a set of interval ranges instead of a set of single pitches.
Generalized, "fluid tuning" could mean any instrument which offers a "temporarily fixed" tuning. That is, at any one moment, the instrument offers a finite set of fixed pitches, yet it also allows the ''continuous'' change of what those pitches are. Each pitch-producing mechanism in the instrument (each "voice") then has a defined frequency range. A fluid tuning could then be defined by a set of interval ranges instead of a set of single pitches.


Defined in that way, instruments with fluid tuning also include the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8|pitch bending thumb piano]], the moveable-frets guitar, and perhaps even the [[http://www.oneringzero.com/?page_id=57|claviola]], as well as a number of interfaces made possible with computers.</pre></div>
Defined in that way, instruments with fluid tuning also include the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8 pitch bending thumb piano], the moveable-frets guitar, and perhaps even the [http://www.oneringzero.com/?page_id=57 claviola], as well as a number of interfaces made possible with computers.
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Generalized, &amp;quot;fluid tuning&amp;quot; could mean any instrument which offers a &amp;quot;temporarily fixed&amp;quot; tuning. That is, at any one moment, the instrument offers a finite set of fixed pitches, yet it also allows the &lt;em&gt;continuous&lt;/em&gt; change of what those pitches are. Each pitch-producing mechanism in the instrument (each &amp;quot;voice&amp;quot;) then has a defined frequency range. A fluid tuning could then be defined by a set of interval ranges instead of a set of single pitches.&lt;br /&gt;
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Defined in that way, instruments with fluid tuning also include the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcuAk5UY5g8" rel="nofollow"&gt;pitch bending thumb piano&lt;/a&gt;, the moveable-frets guitar, and perhaps even the &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.oneringzero.com/?page_id=57" rel="nofollow"&gt;claviola&lt;/a&gt;, as well as a number of interfaces made possible with computers.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

Latest revision as of 05:34, 9 January 2024

"Fluid tuning" refers specifically to the tuning system developed by Geoff Smith which makes a piano or a hammer dulcimer dynamically retunable. See http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music for a video, see Geoff Smith's website.

Generalized, "fluid tuning" could mean any instrument which offers a "temporarily fixed" tuning. That is, at any one moment, the instrument offers a finite set of fixed pitches, yet it also allows the continuous change of what those pitches are. Each pitch-producing mechanism in the instrument (each "voice") then has a defined frequency range. A fluid tuning could then be defined by a set of interval ranges instead of a set of single pitches.

Defined in that way, instruments with fluid tuning also include the pitch bending thumb piano, the moveable-frets guitar, and perhaps even the claviola, as well as a number of interfaces made possible with computers.