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This is called the mid-6 tuning, as opposed to a low-6 tuning (vD to vA), or high-6 tuning (^A to ^E). Not to be confused with the low-6 or high-6 ''voicing'', see the [[The_Kite_Guitar_Chord_Shapes_(downmajor_tuning)|chords page]]. The various options:

* 8-string guitar: full-8

* 7-string guitar: low-7 or high-7, or possibly mid-7 (either high-7 ~~flattened by~~ a dot, D# to D, or else low-7 ~~sharpened by~~ a dot, E to Eb)

* 7-string guitar: low-7 or high-7, or possibly mid-7 (either high-7 down a dot, D# to D, or else low-7 up a dot, E to Eb)

* 6-string guitar: low-6, mid-6 or high-6

A bass guitar can of course be fretless and tuned EADG as usual. If fretted, it would be tuned similarly to guitar. It would ideally be 6 strings.

Another option is a baritone guitar tuned to the top 5 or 6 strings of the full-8, but lowered by an octave.

* 6-string bass: full-6 (the guitar's low-6 down an octave)

* 5-string bass: low-5 or possibly high-5

A bass guitar can of course be fretless and tuned EADG as usual. This avoids the need for extra strings and custom microtonal frets. If fretted, a bass would be tuned similarly to guitar, but an octave lower. It would ideally be 6 strings. A conventional 5-string bass often has the 5th string tuned to B below low E. The analogous Kite bass has a Bb below the low vD. Tuning this way makes a deep-5 or deep-6 tuning.

* 4-string bass: low-4, mid-4 or possibly high-4

* 6-string bass: full-6 (the guitar's low-6 down an octave) or deep-6 (full-6 down a vM3)

* 5-string bass: low-5 or possibly deep-5 or high-5

* 4-string bass: low-4 or mid-4, or possibly high-4

This chart shows all the notes for the full-8 tuning, not just the natural ones. But it's too much work to memorize all this. Just learn where the 7 natural notes are, and learn your intervals. Since the open strings don’t work as well, one tends to think more in terms of intervals than notes anyway.

[[File:The Kite Tuning 5.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]Some keys are somewhat awkward to play in. For example, a vG scale is either too close to the nut to have a plain major 2nd, or else way up at the 16th fret where the fret spacing is a little too cramped to play chords comfortably. There's a "sweet spot" for the tonic on the lowest 3 strings, from about the 4th fret to about the 11th fret. This defines a 3x8 rectangle containing 24 keys, roughly every other one of the 41 possible keys. The lowest string of an 8-string is tuned to vD not D so that the common keys of C, G, D, A and E fall in this sweet spot. D is tuned to A-440 standard pitch, to bring these 5 keys as close to 12-edo as possible. The D note agrees exactly, the A note is 2.5¢ sharp of 12-edo, E is 5¢ sharp, and so forth along the spiral of 5ths.

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=== [[Kite_Giedraitis's_Categorizations_of_41edo_Scales |Scales on the Kite Guitar]] ===

A theoretical exploration of 41edo scales. The 5 categories are pentatonic, diatonic, semitonal, chromatic and microtonal.

=== [[41edo Note Names]] ===

How to name any note in any chord on any root in any key, using ups and downs.

=== [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/The%20Kite%20Tuning.pdf The Kite Tuning (original announcement)] ===

The May 2019 paper, the original announcement of the discovery (16 page pdf).

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 This is called the mid-6 tuning, as opposed to a low-6 tuning (vD to vA), or high-6 tuning (^A to ^E). Not to be confused with the low-6 or high-6 ''voicing'', see the [[The_Kite_Guitar_Chord_Shapes_(downmajor_tuning)|chords page]]. The various options:
 * 8-string guitar: full-8
-* 7-string guitar: low-7 or high-7, or possibly mid-7 (either high-7 flattened by a dot, D# to D, or else low-7 sharpened by a dot, E to Eb)
+* 7-string guitar: low-7 or high-7, or possibly mid-7 (either high-7 down a dot, D# to D, or else low-7 up a dot, E to Eb)
 * 6-string guitar: low-6, mid-6 or high-6
-A bass guitar can of course be fretless and tuned EADG as usual. If fretted, it would be tuned similarly to guitar. It would ideally be 6 strings.
+Another option is a baritone guitar tuned to the top 5 or 6 strings of the full-8, but lowered by an octave.
-* 6-string bass: full-6 (the guitar's low-6 down an octave)
-* 5-string bass: low-5 or possibly high-5
+A bass guitar can of course be fretless and tuned EADG as usual. This avoids the need for extra strings and custom microtonal frets. If fretted, a bass would be tuned similarly to guitar, but an octave lower. It would ideally be 6 strings. A conventional 5-string bass often has the 5th string tuned to B below low E. The analogous Kite bass has a Bb below the low vD. Tuning this way makes a deep-5 or deep-6 tuning.
-* 4-string bass: low-4, mid-4 or possibly high-4
+* 6-string bass: full-6 (the guitar's low-6 down an octave) or deep-6 (full-6 down a vM3)
+* 5-string bass: low-5 or possibly deep-5 or high-5
+* 4-string bass: low-4 or mid-4, or possibly high-4
 This chart shows all the notes for the full-8 tuning, not just the natural ones. But it's too much work to memorize all this. Just learn where the 7 natural notes are, and learn your intervals. Since the open strings don’t work as well, one tends to think more in terms of intervals than notes anyway.
 [[File:The Kite Tuning 5.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]Some keys are somewhat awkward to play in. For example, a vG scale is either too close to the nut to have a plain major 2nd, or else way up at the 16th fret where the fret spacing is a little too cramped to play chords comfortably. There's a "sweet spot" for the tonic on the lowest 3 strings, from about the 4th fret to about the 11th fret. This defines a 3x8 rectangle containing 24 keys, roughly every other one of the 41 possible keys. The lowest string of an 8-string is tuned to vD not D so that the common keys of C, G, D, A and E fall in this sweet spot. D is tuned to A-440 standard pitch, to bring these 5 keys as close to 12-edo as possible. The D note agrees exactly, the A note is 2.5¢ sharp of 12-edo, E is 5¢ sharp, and so forth along the spiral of 5ths.
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 === [[Kite_Giedraitis's_Categorizations_of_41edo_Scales |Scales on the Kite Guitar]] ===
 A theoretical exploration of 41edo scales. The 5 categories are pentatonic, diatonic, semitonal, chromatic and microtonal.
+=== [[41edo Note Names]] ===
+How to name any note in any chord on any root in any key, using ups and downs.
 === [http://tallkite.com/misc_files/The%20Kite%20Tuning.pdf The Kite Tuning (original announcement)] ===
 The May 2019 paper, the original announcement of the discovery (16 page pdf).