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Information on how to get musical instruments to play music in a variety of tunings.
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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">Information on how to get musical instruments to play music in a variety of tunings.


See also [[The Great Xenharmonic Fixed-Pitch Instrument Database]] .
See also [[The_Great_Xenharmonic_Fixed-Pitch_Instrument_Database|The Great Xenharmonic Fixed-Pitch Instrument Database]] .


* [[string instruments|Strings]]
<ul><li>[[string_instruments|Strings]]
&gt; [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="string instruments"]]
* [[microtonal brass|Brass]]:
&gt; [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="microtonal brass"]]
* [[microtonal woodwinds|Woodwinds]]
&gt; [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="microtonal woodwinds"]]
* [[mallet percussion|Percussion]]
&gt; [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="Percussion"]]
* [[Microtonal Keyboards|Keyboards]]: &lt;span class="wiki_link_new"&gt;Piano&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="wiki_link_new"&gt;Harpsichord&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="wiki_link_new"&gt;Organ&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="wiki_link_new"&gt;Clavichord, but also Synthesizers&lt;/span&gt;
* [[Free Reeds]]:
&gt; [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="Free Reeds"]]
* Others: [[udderbot]], [[tubulong]], [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/message/17051|balloon flute]]
* Web browser based: [[https://www.retuner.net|ReTuner]]
* [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]]


=Tuning-agnostic instruments=  
<ul><li>fretted: [[microguitar|guitars]], [[microbass|bass]], banjo, mandolin, [[Fun_With_Microtones|ukulele]], balalaika, viol, sitar, etc.</li><li>(unfretted) [[MicrotonalBowedStrings|violin etc.]], oud, [[qanun|qanun]], [[microbass|fretless bass]], harps, zithers, hammer dulcimers, dan bau</li><li>[[autoharp|autoharp]]</li><li>[[moodswinger|moodswinger]]</li><li>[http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=789 Home Made Canon]</li><li>[http://bp.b0b.com/2012/11/sierra-pedal-steel/ pedal steel]</li><li>[http://chrisvaisvil.com/diy-temporary-cable-tie-guitar-frets-version-2/ Cable Tie Frets] - instruction and examples on using cable ties as frets on a defretted guitar</li></ul></li><li>[[microtonal_brass|Brass]]:
 
<ul><li>[[microtonal_trumpet|Trumpet]], [[microtonal_horn|Horn]], [[microtrombone|Trombone]] (duh!), [[microtonal_tuba|Tuba]], digeridoo, alphorn</li><li>[http://bwhisperer.com/index bwhisperer.com] JI-oriented website, "The Brass Whisperer's main aim is to play with subtle music tunings and coax brass players (and other musicians) into achieving delicious harmonies."</li></ul></li><li>[[microtonal_woodwinds|Woodwinds]]
 
<ul><li>Reedless Instruments: [[Flutes|Flutes]], [[microrecorder|Recorders]], [[Whistles|Whistles]]</li><li>Reed Instruments: [[Bassoons|Bassoons]], [[microtonal_clarinet|Clarinets]], [[Saxophones|Saxophones]], [[Oboes|Oboes]]</li></ul></li><li>[[mallet_percussion|Percussion]]
 
<ul><li>[[mallet_percussion|mallet keyboards]]: vibraphone, xylophone, [[marimba|marimba]], glockenspiel, crotales, lithophone, etc.</li><li>tuned drums: timpani, rototoms, pat waing</li><li>bells: [[carillon|carillon]], [[Conic_Bellophone_in_96edo|conic bellophone]], [[tubulong|tubulong]], amglocken, handbells, [[zoomoozophone|zoomoozophone]], [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm sound tower/sound cube]</li><li>lamellophones: [[kalimba_(mbira)|kalimba (mbira)]], marimbula</li><li>friction idiophones: musical saw, wine glasses, [[nail_violin|nail violin]], [[Daxophone|Daxophone]]</li></ul></li><li>[[Microtonal_Keyboards|Keyboards]]: <span style="">Piano</span>, <span style="">Harpsichord</span>, <span style="">Organ</span>, <span style="">Clavichord, but also Synthesizers</span></li><li>[[Free_Reeds|Free Reeds]]:
 
<ul><li>[[Harmonica|Harmonica]]</li><li>Reed Organs, Accordion, Melodica, Khaen, etc.</li></ul></li><li>Others: [[udderbot|udderbot]], [[tubulong|tubulong]], [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/message/17051 balloon flute]</li><li>Web browser based: [https://www.retuner.net ReTuner]</li><li>[[Software|Software]], [[DAWs|DAWs]], [[List_of_Microtonal_Software_Plugins|plugins]]</li></ul>
 
=Tuning-agnostic instruments=
These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture:
These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture:
* Fretless string instruments
 
&gt;
<ul><li>Fretless string instruments
** Fretless bass
 
** Fretless guitar
<ul><li>Fretless bass</li><li>Fretless guitar</li><li>Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble)</li><li>Oud</li></ul></li><li>String instruments with one pitch per string<ul><li>Hammered dulcimer</li></ul></li><li>Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control<ul><li>Trombone</li><li>Udderbot</li></ul></li><li>Musical saw</li><li>Theremin</li><li>[[Daxophone|Daxophone]]</li></ul>     [[Category:instruments]]
** Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble)
[[Category:practice]]
** Oud
[[Category:todo:expand]]
* String instruments with one pitch per string
[[Category:tools]]
** Hammered dulcimer
* Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control
** Trombone
** Udderbot
* Musical saw
* Theremin
* [[Daxophone]]</pre></div>
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See also &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Great%20Xenharmonic%20Fixed-Pitch%20Instrument%20Database"&gt;The Great Xenharmonic Fixed-Pitch Instrument Database&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;
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These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fretless string instruments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fretless bass&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Fretless guitar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Oud&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;String instruments with one pitch per string&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Hammered dulcimer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Trombone&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Udderbot&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Musical saw&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Theremin&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/Daxophone"&gt;Daxophone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
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