24edo: Difference between revisions
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Adam Hoey Xen ([https://www.youtube.com/@adamhoeyxen2199/videos on YouTube]) has used a "neutral thirds tuning" of F#-At-C#-Et-G#-Bt on a standard guitar to play in quartertones. | Adam Hoey Xen ([https://www.youtube.com/@adamhoeyxen2199/videos on YouTube]) has used a "neutral thirds tuning" of F#-At-C#-Et-G#-Bt on a standard guitar to play in quartertones. | ||
Guitars with 24 frets per octave are also an option | Guitars with 24 frets per octave are also an option, although only [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/hi-flier-edo-24-electric-microtonal-guitar Eastwood] offer this as a standard production model at the time of writing. Other luthiers you can commission custom microtonal instruments from, including 24edo ones, include [https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1154683769 JLJ instruments] and [https://meantoneguitar.com Meantone Guitar]. | ||
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While these are playable, the extra frets can make playing chords and navigating the fretboard significantly more challenging for [[12edo]] chords and scales. | While these are playable, the extra frets can make playing chords and navigating the fretboard significantly more challenging for [[12edo]] chords and scales. | ||
More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/ | More common is the "Sazocaster" tuning popularised by Australian band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, which adds quarter tones between approximately half the regular frets. Multiple guitar makers, including [https://eastwoodguitars.com/products/sg2c-flying-banana-mt Eastwood] and [https://salamuzik.com/collections/guitar/products/professional-microtonal-electric-classical-guitar-with-equalizer-kg-5 Sala Muzik] have produced Sazocaster variations. | ||
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It is also possible to create a guitar that has quartertones on all the lower frets, then switches to regular 12edo at some point on the neck to keep the upper notes easily acessible, as demonstrated by the band [[Angine de Poitrine]]. | |||
=== Harp, Harpsichord, and Piano === | === Harp, Harpsichord, and Piano === | ||