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Omitting half the frets in effect moves certain pitches to remote areas of the fretboard, and makes certain intervals difficult to play. Miraculously, it works out that the remote intervals are the ones that don't work well in chords, and the ones that aren't remote are the ones that do work well. For example, the sweet 5-limit major 3rd, a 5/4 ratio, is easily accessible, but the dissonant 3-limit major 3rd 81/64 isn't. (3-limit & 5-limit refer to the largest prime number in the frequency ratio.)

In addition, key 7-limit intervals like 7/6, 7/5 and 7/4 are easy to play. This means the Kite guitar can do much more than just play sweet Renaissance music. It can put a whole new spin on jazz, blues and experimental music. The dom7 and dom9 chords are especially calm and relaxed, revealing just how poorly 12-tet tunes these chords. But dissonance is still possible, in fact 41-tET can be far more dissonant than 12-tET. And 41 notes means that the melodic and harmonic vocabulary is greatly expanded, allowing ~~for the creation of~~ truly unique music that simply isn't possible with 12 notes.

In addition, key 7-limit intervals like 7/6, 7/5 and 7/4 are easy to play. This means the Kite guitar can do much more than just play sweet Renaissance music. It can put a whole new spin on jazz, blues and experimental music. The dom7 and dom9 chords are especially calm and relaxed, revealing just how poorly 12-tet tunes these chords. But dissonance is still possible, in fact 41-tET can be far more dissonant than 12-tET. And 41 notes means that the melodic and harmonic vocabulary is greatly expanded, allowing truly unique music that simply isn't possible with 12 notes.

For more info: http://tallkite.com/misc_files/The%20Kite%20Tuning.pdf

== Songs: ==

== Chords ==

There are about a dozen triads and tetrads of odd-limit 9 or less that are the obvious place to start. This table lists them all, plus the vM7 chord, which is odd limit 15.

=== Triads ===

<tt>

sus4

down v

</tt>

== Songs ==

These conventional songs have been translated from 12edo to 41edo. Often there is more than one obvious way to translate a song.

=== Stormy Monday ===

This song showcases the 4:5:6:7 tetrad as the main chord for the blues.

<tt>

Gv7 D^m vE^m Dvm Gv9 | Cv7 G^m vA^m Gvm Cv9

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</tt>

=== I Will Survive ===

I Will Survive

This song pumps the Saruyo comma, which equates 21/20 to 256/243. As a result, several pitches shift a comma flat during the progression, but then shift back to where they started. On the Kite guitar, the chord progression walks up the neck and then leaps down 12 frets, only to walk up back to where it started.

This song pumps the Saruyo comma, which equates 21/20 to 256/243. As a result, ~~many~~ pitches shift a comma flat during the progression, but then shift back to where they started. On the Kite guitar, the chord progression walks up the neck and then leaps down 12 frets, only to walk up to where it started.

<tt>

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</tt>

Chords for a 6-string guitar:

Chords for a 6-string guitar in the key of vD:

<tt>

I^m7 . 8 . 7 6 8 (frets)

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3 2 1 4 (for better voice leading into the I^m7 chord)

</tt>

=== Manhattan Island Serenade ===

This particular translation showcases resolving from upmajor to

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 Omitting half the frets in effect moves certain pitches to remote areas of the fretboard, and makes certain intervals difficult to play. Miraculously, it works out that the remote intervals are the ones that don't work well in chords, and the ones that aren't remote are the ones that do work well. For example, the sweet 5-limit major 3rd, a 5/4 ratio, is easily accessible, but the dissonant 3-limit major 3rd 81/64 isn't. (3-limit & 5-limit refer to the largest prime number in the frequency ratio.)
-In addition, key 7-limit intervals like 7/6, 7/5 and 7/4 are easy to play. This means the Kite guitar can do much more than just play sweet Renaissance music. It can put a whole new spin on jazz, blues and experimental music. The dom7 and dom9 chords are especially calm and relaxed, revealing just how poorly 12-tet tunes these chords. But dissonance is still possible, in fact 41-tET can be far more dissonant than 12-tET. And 41 notes means that the melodic and harmonic vocabulary is greatly expanded, allowing for the creation of truly unique music that simply isn't possible with 12 notes.
+In addition, key 7-limit intervals like 7/6, 7/5 and 7/4 are easy to play. This means the Kite guitar can do much more than just play sweet Renaissance music. It can put a whole new spin on jazz, blues and experimental music. The dom7 and dom9 chords are especially calm and relaxed, revealing just how poorly 12-tet tunes these chords. But dissonance is still possible, in fact 41-tET can be far more dissonant than 12-tET. And 41 notes means that the melodic and harmonic vocabulary is greatly expanded, allowing truly unique music that simply isn't possible with 12 notes.
 For more info: http://tallkite.com/misc_files/The%20Kite%20Tuning.pdf
-== Songs: ==
+== Chords ==
+There are about a dozen triads and tetrads of odd-limit 9 or less that are the obvious place to start. This table lists them all, plus the vM7 chord, which is odd limit 15.
+=== Triads ===
+<tt>
+ sus4
+ down    v
+</tt>
+== Songs ==
 These conventional songs have been translated from 12edo to 41edo. Often there is more than one obvious way to translate a song.
 === Stormy Monday ===
+This song showcases the 4:5:6:7 tetrad as the main chord for the blues.
 <tt>
   Gv7   D^m vE^m    Dvm     Gv9   |   Cv7   G^m vA^m   Gvm     Cv9
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 </tt>
+=== I Will Survive ===
-I Will Survive
+This song pumps the Saruyo comma, which equates 21/20 to 256/243. As a result, several pitches shift a comma flat during the progression, but then shift back to where they started. On the Kite guitar, the chord progression walks up the neck and then leaps down 12 frets, only to walk up back to where it started.
-This song pumps the Saruyo comma, which equates 21/20 to 256/243. As a result, many pitches shift a comma flat during the progression, but then shift back to where they started. On the Kite guitar, the chord progression walks up the neck and then leaps down 12 frets, only to walk up to where it started.
 <tt>
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 </tt>
-Chords for a 6-string guitar:
+Chords for a 6-string guitar in the key of vD:
 <tt>
   I^m7       .  8  .  7  6  8           (frets)
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      2  1  4              (for better voice leading into the I^m7 chord)
 </tt>
+=== Manhattan Island Serenade ===
+This particular translation showcases resolving from upmajor to