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| Many kinds of musical instruments can be used to play [[microtonal music]], ranging from non-microtonal instruments (i.e. designed to be played in [[12edo]]) to custom-designed xenharmonic instruments. | | Many kinds of musical instruments can be used to play [[microtonal music]], ranging from non-microtonal instruments (i.e. designed to be played in [[12edo]]) to custom-designed xenharmonic instruments. |
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| The following is a non-exhaustive list of instruments which can be used to play xenharmonic music. You can find additional information by following the links to each instrument's dedicated page. | | The following is a non-exhaustive list of instruments which can be used to play xenharmonic music. You can find additional information by following the links to each instrument's dedicated page. |
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| == String instruments == | | == Winds == |
| === Plucked strings ===
| | * [[Bassoon]] |
| * Fretted:
| | * [[Clarinet]] |
| **[[Guitar]]
| | * [[Flugelhorn]] |
| ** [[Electric bass]]
| | * [[Flute]] |
| **[[Pedal steel guitar]]
| | * [[Fretless saxophone]] |
| **[[Fun With Microtones|Ukulele]]
| | * [[Harmonica]] |
| ** Others: banjo, mandolin, balalaika, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc. | | * [[Horn]] |
| * Fretless:
| | * [[Infinitone]] |
| **[[Autoharp]]
| | * [[Recorder]] |
| ** [[Electric bass|Fretless bass]]
| | * [[Saxophone]] |
| ** [[Qanun]]
| | * [[Shakuhachi]] |
| ** Others: oud, harp, zither, hammer dulcimer, [[Wikipedia:Đàn bầu|đàn bầu]], etc. | | * [[Trombone]] |
| * Keyboard plucked strings
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| ** Harpsichord ''(ToDo: Add information about harpsichords, including microtonal harpsichords)''
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| === Bowed strings ===
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| * Fretted:
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| ** [[Bowed strings|Viol family and other bowed fretted strings]] (viola da gamba, some types of violone, baryton, arpeggione, GuitarViol, fretted violin, etc.)
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| * Fretless:
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| ** [[Bowed strings|Violin family]] (violin, viola, cello, bass, some types of violone, etc.)
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| ** Others: [[Wikipedia:Huqin|huqin]], etc. | |
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| == Wind instruments ==
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| === Brass instruments ===
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| *[[Horn]] | |
| * [[Trumpet]] | | * [[Trumpet]] |
| * [[Trombone]] | | * [[Tuba]] |
| * Others: tuba, digeridoo, alphorn, etc. | | * [[Udderbot]] |
| | * [[Whistle]] |
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| === Woodwind instruments === | | == Percussion == |
| * Reedless:
| | * [[Bells]] |
| ** [[Flute]]
| | * [[Conic Bellophone in 96edo|Conic bellophone]] |
| ** [[Recorder]]
| | * [[Daxophone]] |
| ** [[Whistle]]
| | * [[Kalimba]] |
| ** Others: khaen, some very small organs, etc.
| | * [[Marimba]] |
| * Reed:
| | * [[Tubulong]] |
| ** [[Bassoon]]/contrabassoon
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| ** Oboe
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| ** English horn
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| ** Heckelphone/Lupophone
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| ** [[Clarinet]]
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| ** [[Harmonica]]
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| ** [[Saxophone]]
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| ** [[Fretless saxophone]]
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| ** Others: reed organ, regal, accordion, melodica, etc.
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| * Combination:
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| ** Organ (usually has both flue and reed stops, and may also have percussion stops, especially in the case of theatre organs) ''(ToDo: Add organ information page including microtonal organs)''
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| === Others === | | == Keyboards == |
| * [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/message/17051 Balloon flute]{{dead link}}
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| * [[Infinitone]]
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| * [[Udderbot]]
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| == Percussion instruments ==
| | * [[Fluid piano]] |
| * Mallet keyboards:
| | * [[Piano]] |
| ** [[Marimba]]
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| ** Others: vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, crotales, lithophone, etc.
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| * Tuned drums: timpani, rototoms, pat waing, etc.
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| * Bells:
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| **[[Conic Bellophone in 96edo|Conic bellophone]]
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| ** [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm Sound tower/sound cube]{{dead link}}
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| **[[Tubulong]]
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| **[[Zoomoozophone]]
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| ** Others: carillon, amglocken, handbells, etc.
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| * Lamellophones:
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| ** [[Kalimba (mbira)]], marimbula
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| * Friction idiophones:
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| ** [[Daxophone]]
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| ** Others: musical saw, wine glasses, nail violin, etc.
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| * [[Keyboard]]s: piano, tangent piano (including [[fluid piano]]), organ (when equipped with percussion stops), clavichord (including the Clavinet and its derivatives). (ToDo: Add organ information page including microtonal derivatives of the Clavinet)
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| == Electronic instruments == | | == Strings == |
| * [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]] | | * [[Autoharp]] |
| * Synthesizers: | | * [[Bowed strings]] |
| **[[Lumatone]]
| | * [[Electric bass]] |
| ** Others: see [[Keyboard#List of generalized keyboards]] | | * [[Guitar]] |
| * [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]] | | * [[Harp]] |
| * Web browser-based on-screen keyboards:
| | * [[Harpejji]] |
| ** [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal Fabric|“Microtonal Fabric” family]]
| | * [[Pedal steel guitar]] |
| ** ReTuner: [https://www.facebook.com/retuner on facebook], [https://encyclotronic.com/apps/microtonal/retuner-r24 on Encyclotronic]{{dead link}} | | * [[Qanun]] |
| | * [[Ukulele]] |
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| == Tuning-agnostic instruments == | | == See also == |
| These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture:
| | * [[List of xenharmonic fixed pitch instruments]] |
| | * [[:Category:Instruments]] |
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| *[[Daxophone]] | | == Further reading == |
| * Fretless string instruments
| | * Hugh Davies/Alexander Bonus, [https://archive.org/details/grovedictionaryo0003unse_w4m2/page/459/ Microtonal instruments]. The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Second Edition, 2014. Volume Three, page 459. |
| ** Fretless bass
| | * [https://archive.org/details/emi_archive/ Experimental Musical Instruments] journal |
| ** Fretless guitar
| | * Fletcher and Rossing, [https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pbarfuss/The_Physics_of_Musical_Instruments.pdf The Physics of Musical Instruments]. Springer-Verlag, 1991 |
| ** Oud
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| ** Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble)
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| * Musical saw
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| * String instruments with one pitch per string
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| ** Hammered dulcimer
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| *[[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]] | |
| * Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control | |
| ** Trombone
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| ** [[Fretless saxophone]]
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| ** [[Infinitone]]
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| ** [[Udderbot]]
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