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Possible method for implementing the half-fret capo trick: An extra fret slot is cut to allow insertion of a temporary fret in between the 1st and 2nd (permanent) frets. The slot stops short of the treble side of the fretboard. So gravity holds it in place, plus of course the capo. The temporary fret has the barbs on the side of the tang filed off. The extra slot is a bit wider, so the fret can be pulled out easily. It goes in from the side, under the strings, so the strings don't need to be loosened. Should be able to insert it and remove it on stage between songs. The fret is a bit longer, sticks out about 1/2 inch, so that you can pull it out easily. There is a hole or something in the sticking-out part, to attach a wire or something, so that the fret can be attached to the capo. Keeps one from losing it.

== For Luthiers ==

To place the frets on a Kite guitar, simply replace the 12th root of 2 = 1.059463 with the 41st root of 4 = 1.034390. Or purchase a pre-slotted fingerboard from Precision Pearl in Austin, Texas. It comes radiused, tapered and inlaid, so all you need to do is glue it on and put in the frets.

To find the saddle compensation on a standard guitar, one compares the harmonic at the 12th fret with the fretted note at the 12th fret. For the Kite guitar, by coincidence, one does the same! But that's the 3rd harmonic, not the 2nd. And the two notes should be an 8ve apart, not a unison. (Or else, when you fret the string, play the 2nd harmonic with your other hand to get a unison.) And to be extremely precise, the fretted note should be 0.48¢ sharper than the harmonic.

== Chords (major tuning) ==

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 Possible method for implementing the half-fret capo trick: An extra fret slot is cut to allow insertion of a temporary fret in between the 1st and 2nd (permanent) frets. The slot stops short of the treble side of the fretboard. So gravity holds it in place, plus of course the capo. The temporary fret has the barbs on the side of the tang filed off. The extra slot is a bit wider, so the fret can be pulled out easily. It goes in from the side, under the strings, so the strings don't need to be loosened. Should be able to insert it and remove it on stage between songs. The fret is a bit longer, sticks out about 1/2 inch, so that you can pull it out easily. There is a hole or something in the sticking-out part, to attach a wire or something, so that the fret can be attached to the capo. Keeps one from losing it.
+== For Luthiers ==
+To place the frets on a Kite guitar, simply replace the 12th root of 2 = 1.059463 with the 41st root of 4 = 1.034390. Or purchase a pre-slotted fingerboard from Precision Pearl in Austin, Texas. It comes radiused, tapered and inlaid, so all you need to do is glue it on and put in the frets.
+To find the saddle compensation on a standard guitar, one compares the harmonic at the 12th fret with the fretted note at the 12th fret. For the Kite guitar, by coincidence, one does the same! But that's the 3rd harmonic, not the 2nd. And the two notes should be an 8ve apart, not a unison. (Or else, when you fret the string, play the 2nd harmonic with your other hand to get a unison.) And to be extremely precise, the fretted note should be 0.48¢ sharper than the harmonic.
 == Chords (major tuning) ==