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While these are playable, the extra frets can make playing chords and navigating the fretboard significantly more challenging for [[12edo]] chords and scales.

More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band King Gizzard ~~and~~ the Lizard Wizard, which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/sg2c-flying-banana-mt Eastwood] and [https://salamuzik.com/collections/guitar/products/professional-microtonal-electric-classical-guitar-with-equalizer-kg-5 Sala Muzik] have produced Sazocaster variations.

More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band [[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]], which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/sg2c-flying-banana-mt Eastwood] and [https://salamuzik.com/collections/guitar/products/professional-microtonal-electric-classical-guitar-with-equalizer-kg-5 Sala Muzik] have produced Sazocaster variations.

[[File:Eastwood-guitars-phase-4-mt-2307179.jpg|500px]]

It is also possible to create a guitar that has quartertones on all the lower frets, then switches to regular 12edo at some point on the neck to keep the upper notes easily acessible, as demonstrated by the band [[Angine de Poitrine]]. Guitars using this layout are available at [https://www.microtonalguitar.org/product-page/angine-de-poitrine-style-fixed-microtonal-electric-guitar-ap24 microtonalguitar.org]

It is also possible to create a guitar that has quartertones on all the lower frets, then switches to regular 12edo at some point on the neck to keep the upper notes easily acessible, as demonstrated by the band [[Angine de Poitrine]]. Guitars using this layout are available at [https://www.microtonalguitar.org/product-page/angine-de-poitrine-style-fixed-microtonal-electric-guitar-ap24 microtonalguitar.org] and doubleneck guitar/basses are available from [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/eastwood-microtonal-doubleneck-electric-guitar-bass Eastwood].

=== Harp, Harpsichord, and Piano ===

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=== Brass ===

Since the trombone is a free-pitched instrument, playing quartertones, or any other edo simply requires increased precision in moving the slide. If you want a brass instrument with fixed steps, [https://www.a-courtois.com/en/instruments/trompettes-2/t-o-m-a Courtois] and [https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/en/trumpets/quartertone Van Laar] both produce trumpets with an additional valve that enable you to easily play quartertones.

Since the trombone is a free-pitched instrument, playing quartertones, or any other edo simply requires increased precision in moving the slide. If you want a brass instrument with fixed steps, [https://www.a-courtois.com/en/instruments/trompettes-2/t-o-m-a Courtois] and [https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/en/trumpets/quartertone Van Laar] both produce trumpets with an additional valve that enable you to easily play quartertones. In addition, {{W|Renold Schilke|Schilke Music Products Incorporated}} built quartertone trumpets (model B5), as shown in All Things Brass And Technology's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip0lOlQ2Xo&list=WL&index=257 ''Schilke B5 Quartertone Trumpet from 1971''] (2023).

== Music ==

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 While these are playable, the extra frets can make playing chords and navigating the fretboard significantly more challenging for [[12edo]] chords and scales.
-More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/sg2c-flying-banana-mt Eastwood] and [https://salamuzik.com/collections/guitar/products/professional-microtonal-electric-classical-guitar-with-equalizer-kg-5 Sala Muzik] have produced Sazocaster variations.
+More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band [[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]], which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/sg2c-flying-banana-mt Eastwood] and [https://salamuzik.com/collections/guitar/products/professional-microtonal-electric-classical-guitar-with-equalizer-kg-5 Sala Muzik] have produced Sazocaster variations.
 [[File:Eastwood-guitars-phase-4-mt-2307179.jpg|500px]]
-It is also possible to create a guitar that has quartertones on all the lower frets, then switches to regular 12edo at some point on the neck to keep the upper notes easily acessible, as demonstrated by the band [[Angine de Poitrine]]. Guitars using this layout are available at [https://www.microtonalguitar.org/product-page/angine-de-poitrine-style-fixed-microtonal-electric-guitar-ap24 microtonalguitar.org]
+It is also possible to create a guitar that has quartertones on all the lower frets, then switches to regular 12edo at some point on the neck to keep the upper notes easily acessible, as demonstrated by the band [[Angine de Poitrine]]. Guitars using this layout are available at [https://www.microtonalguitar.org/product-page/angine-de-poitrine-style-fixed-microtonal-electric-guitar-ap24 microtonalguitar.org] and doubleneck guitar/basses are available from [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/eastwood-microtonal-doubleneck-electric-guitar-bass Eastwood].
 === Harp, Harpsichord, and Piano ===
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 === Brass ===
-Since the trombone is a free-pitched instrument, playing quartertones, or any other edo simply requires increased precision in moving the slide. If you want a brass instrument with fixed steps, [https://www.a-courtois.com/en/instruments/trompettes-2/t-o-m-a Courtois] and [https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/en/trumpets/quartertone Van Laar] both produce trumpets with an additional valve that enable you to easily play quartertones.
+Since the trombone is a free-pitched instrument, playing quartertones, or any other edo simply requires increased precision in moving the slide. If you want a brass instrument with fixed steps, [https://www.a-courtois.com/en/instruments/trompettes-2/t-o-m-a Courtois] and [https://www.vanlaartrumpets.nl/en/trumpets/quartertone Van Laar] both produce trumpets with an additional valve that enable you to easily play quartertones. In addition, {{W|Renold Schilke|Schilke Music Products Incorporated}} built quartertone trumpets (model B5), as shown in All Things Brass And Technology's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ip0lOlQ2Xo&list=WL&index=257 ''Schilke B5 Quartertone Trumpet from 1971''] (2023).
 == Music ==