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The ever-arising question in microtonal music, how to play it on instruments designed for 12edo, has a relatively simple answer in the case of 24edo: use two standard instruments tuned a quartertone apart. This [[Microtonal_Keyboards#twelvenoteoctavescales|"12 note octave scales"]] approach is used in a wide part of the existing literature - see below. | The ever-arising question in microtonal music, how to play it on instruments designed for 12edo, has a relatively simple answer in the case of 24edo: use two standard instruments tuned a quartertone apart. This [[Microtonal_Keyboards#twelvenoteoctavescales|"12 note octave scales"]] approach is used in a wide part of the existing literature - see below. | ||
Guitars with 24 frets are also an option and are available from Ron Sword / Metatonal Music, with an example below. | |||
[[File:24edo_guitar.jpg|500px]] | |||
However, while playable, these do make playing ordinary chords and navigating the fretboard significantly more challenging. More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which adds quartertones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar companies have produced variants of this, including Eastwood and Revelation. | |||
[[File:Eastwood-guitars-phase-4-mt-2307179.jpg|500px]] | |||
Hidekazu Wakabayashi tuned a piano and harp to where the normal sharps and flats are tuned 50 cents higher in which he called [[Iceface tuning]]. | Hidekazu Wakabayashi tuned a piano and harp to where the normal sharps and flats are tuned 50 cents higher in which he called [[Iceface tuning]]. | ||