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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 microtonal music
<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]]
* [[microguitar|Guitars]]
* Bowed Strings*
* [[MicrotonalBowedStrings|Bowed Strings]]
* Brass: [[http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/|Trumpet]], [[microtonal horn|Horn]]
* Brass: [[http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/|Trumpet]], [[microtonal horn|Horn]]
* Woodwinds: [[microrecorder|Recorders]], Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, [[microtonal clarinet|Clarinets]]
* Woodwinds: [[microrecorder|Recorders]], Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, [[microtonal clarinet|Clarinets]]
* [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/|Synthesizers/Keyboards]]
* [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/|Synthesizers/Keyboards]]
(I don't know how to make links, so somebody else do it.)
*Bowed string instruments (notably violin/viola/cello/bass) can easily and almost unlimitedly play microtonal music, and in fact are easier to retrofit due to the lack of frets. . Unfortunately, most trained players of the instruments are going to be finnicky about playing in any way other than the way they're used to, thanks to the pedagogy. There are two important tools in making microtonal string music work, scordatura and fingerboard marking.
1. Scordatura: If you're going to be using the traditional notation system or a variant of it, specify that the strings be tuned to the scale system in question's versions of A, D G, etc. to give the players familiar notational home bases to work from. Try to make the scordatura somewhat distant from the correct pitches for maximum effect, however, because broken-in string instruments "ring" for the notes they play often (in 12), and the scordatura will have the effect of disorienting the string player's instinctual seeking of the resonance.
2. Fingerboard marking: Tapes are the most awesome (because they're color codable), but chalk works too. Players respond to them well because most of them learned to play with tapes in elementary school. Provide tape to the players, debunking any myths that it will affect the sound or damage the instrument. If it does leave some sticky residue, tell them to wipe it off and suck it up. If you don't trust your string players' ears, or the part is technically challenging, color coded tapes are plainly the easiest way to get it in tune fast.


^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?
^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?
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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;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;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microguitar"&gt;Guitars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bowed Strings*&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;, Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20clarinet"&gt;Clarinets&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;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microguitar"&gt;Guitars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/MicrotonalBowedStrings"&gt;Bowed Strings&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;, Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20clarinet"&gt;Clarinets&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;br /&gt;
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(I don't know how to make links, so somebody else do it.)&lt;br /&gt;
*Bowed string instruments (notably violin/viola/cello/bass) can easily and almost unlimitedly play microtonal music, and in fact are easier to retrofit due to the lack of frets. . Unfortunately, most trained players of the instruments are going to be finnicky about playing in any way other than the way they're used to, thanks to the pedagogy. There are two important tools in making microtonal string music work, scordatura and fingerboard marking.&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Scordatura: If you're going to be using the traditional notation system or a variant of it, specify that the strings be tuned to the scale system in question's versions of A, D G, etc. to give the players familiar notational home bases to work from. Try to make the scordatura somewhat distant from the correct pitches for maximum effect, however, because broken-in string instruments &amp;quot;ring&amp;quot; for the notes they play often (in 12), and the scordatura will have the effect of disorienting the string player's instinctual seeking of the resonance.&lt;br /&gt;
2. Fingerboard marking: Tapes are the most awesome (because they're color codable), but chalk works too. Players respond to them well because most of them learned to play with tapes in elementary school. Provide tape to the players, debunking any myths that it will affect the sound or damage the instrument. If it does leave some sticky residue, tell them to wipe it off and suck it up. If you don't trust your string players' ears, or the part is technically challenging, color coded tapes are plainly the easiest way to get it in tune fast.&lt;br /&gt;
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^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?&lt;br /&gt;
^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?&lt;br /&gt;
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+Slide whistles are available with at least 2.5 octave ranges. Procure one, and attach a dowel or ruler to the side of it in a way that does not interfere with the slide action. Marks or tapes may then be placed on the dowel, and the doubled back end of the slide can be moved using the tapes for guides. In order to see what you're playing, I recommend stretching a length of flexible plastic tube from the mouthpiece of the slide. Because the slide whistle has a recorder-like mouthpiece and it doesn't really matter whether your lips are on it or not as long as an airtight seal is formed, you can use this device to move your head wherever it's comfortable.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
+Slide whistles are available with at least 2.5 octave ranges. Procure one, and attach a dowel or ruler to the side of it in a way that does not interfere with the slide action. Marks or tapes may then be placed on the dowel, and the doubled back end of the slide can be moved using the tapes for guides. In order to see what you're playing, I recommend stretching a length of flexible plastic tube from the mouthpiece of the slide. Because the slide whistle has a recorder-like mouthpiece and it doesn't really matter whether your lips are on it or not as long as an airtight seal is formed, you can use this device to move your head wherever it's comfortable.&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>

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The revision comment was: Created separate page for bowed strings (with tesiii's content) and link

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Information on how to get musical instruments to play microtonal music
* [[microguitar|Guitars]]
* [[MicrotonalBowedStrings|Bowed Strings]]
* Brass: [[http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/|Trumpet]], [[microtonal horn|Horn]]
* Woodwinds: [[microrecorder|Recorders]], Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, [[microtonal clarinet|Clarinets]]
* [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/|Synthesizers/Keyboards]]

^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?

+Slide whistles are available with at least 2.5 octave ranges. Procure one, and attach a dowel or ruler to the side of it in a way that does not interfere with the slide action. Marks or tapes may then be placed on the dowel, and the doubled back end of the slide can be moved using the tapes for guides. In order to see what you're playing, I recommend stretching a length of flexible plastic tube from the mouthpiece of the slide. Because the slide whistle has a recorder-like mouthpiece and it doesn't really matter whether your lips are on it or not as long as an airtight seal is formed, you can use this device to move your head wherever it's comfortable.

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<html><head><title>MicrotonalInstruments</title></head><body>Information on how to get musical instruments to play microtonal music<br />
<ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/microguitar">Guitars</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/MicrotonalBowedStrings">Bowed Strings</a></li><li>Brass: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonaltrumpet.com/" rel="nofollow">Trumpet</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20horn">Horn</a></li><li>Woodwinds: <a class="wiki_link" href="/microrecorder">Recorders</a>, Udderbots...?^, Slide Whistles+, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20clarinet">Clarinets</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com/" rel="nofollow">Synthesizers/Keyboards</a></li></ul><br />
^Jacob, why haven't you included a guide to udderbot writing here?<br />
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+Slide whistles are available with at least 2.5 octave ranges. Procure one, and attach a dowel or ruler to the side of it in a way that does not interfere with the slide action. Marks or tapes may then be placed on the dowel, and the doubled back end of the slide can be moved using the tapes for guides. In order to see what you're playing, I recommend stretching a length of flexible plastic tube from the mouthpiece of the slide. Because the slide whistle has a recorder-like mouthpiece and it doesn't really matter whether your lips are on it or not as long as an airtight seal is formed, you can use this device to move your head wherever it's comfortable.</body></html>
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