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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.
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Fixed pitch instruments make it easier for musicians to play notes accurately and reliably, although they give access to a limited set of pitches. Many non-microtonal instruments can be played microtonally without any modification to the instrument by using extended techniques, such as microtonal fingerings on woodwinds. Non-microtonal instruments can also be modified, either temporarily or permanently; this includes notably nonstandard (open) tunings on string instruments and [[Guitar#Refretting|guitar refretting]]. Finally, new instruments can be created from scratch; many such custom-designed instruments can be found in the [[list of xenharmonic fixed pitch instruments]].
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Continuous pitch instruments give access to a wider range of pitches, but often require more skill to be played accurately and reliably. The human voice falls in this category, along with other standard instruments such as [[bowed strings]] and [[trombone]]s. Some extended techniques allow for continuous pitch adjustments, even on fixed pitch instruments, such as [[Wikipedia:String bending|string bending]] on guitars and lip bending on wind instruments like [[trumpet]]s and saxophones. Several custom instruments also fall in this category, including the [[udderbot]] and the [[Infinitone]].
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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.
<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">Information on how to get musical instruments to play microtonal music
 
* [[microguitar|Guitars]]
== Winds ==
* Brass: [[http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/|Trumpet]], [[microtonal horn|Horn]]
* [[Bassoon]]
* Woodwinds: [[microrecorder|Recorders]]
* [[Clarinet]]
* [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/|Synthesizers/Keyboards]]</pre></div>
* [[Flugelhorn]]
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* [[Flute]]
<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;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;MicrotonalInstruments&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body&gt;Information on how to get musical instruments to play microtonal music&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Harmonica]]
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microguitar"&gt;Guitars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Brass: &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Trumpet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20horn"&gt;Horn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Woodwinds: &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microrecorder"&gt;Recorders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Synthesizers/Keyboards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
* [[Horn]]
* [[Infinitone]]
* [[Recorder]]
* [[Saxophone]]
* [[Shakuhachi]]
* [[Trombone]]
* [[Trumpet]]
* [[Tuba]]
* [[Udderbot]]
* [[Whistle]]
 
== Percussion ==
* [[Bells]]
* [[Conic Bellophone in 96edo|Conic bellophone]]
* [[Daxophone]]
* [[Kalimba]]
* [[Marimba]]
* [[Tubulong]]
 
== Keyboards ==
{{Main| Keyboard }}
 
* [[Fluid piano]]
* [[Piano]]
 
== Strings ==
* [[Autoharp]]
* [[Bowed strings]]
* [[Electric bass]]
* [[Guitar]]
* [[Harp]]
* [[Harpejji]]
* [[Pedal steel guitar]]
* [[Qanun]]
* [[Ukulele]]
 
== Electronics ==
* [[Moog Subharmonicon]]
* [[Verbos Harmonic Oscillator]]
 
== See also ==
* [[List of xenharmonic fixed pitch instruments]]
* [[List of microtonal hardware synths]]
* [[:Category:Instruments]]
 
== Further reading ==
* 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.
* [https://archive.org/details/emi_archive/ Experimental Musical Instruments] journal
* Fletcher and Rossing, [https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~pbarfuss/The_Physics_of_Musical_Instruments.pdf The Physics of Musical Instruments]. Springer-Verlag, 1991
 
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