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

== Chords ==

== Recordings and Videos ==

A simple 12-bar blues by Aaron Wolf:

* https://soundcloud.com/mbirakite/aaron-wolf-12-bar-blues-on-kite-guitar

Open-tuning recordings by Sacred Skeleton aka Igliashon Jones:

* [https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-1 https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-1 (clean)]

* [https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-2 https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-2 (fuzz)]

Open tunings become more playable with the use of a "half-fret capo". From the liner notes:

"A couple of improvisations on a guitar loaned to me by Kite Giedratis. The guitar is fretted to 41 notes per double-octave, i.e. every other note of 41 notes per octave, using movable cable ties. On these tracks I modified the fretting slightly by moving the 2nd fret down one step of 41edo and then put a capo behind it, effectively moving all the frets above it UP by one step of 41edo, so that the frets all give odd-numbered pitches from 41edo instead of even-numbered ones. This gives frets for approximations to the ratios 21/20, 12/11, 9/8, 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, 9/7, 4/3, 11/8, and 10/7 relative to the open strings, which makes it possible to let the open strings ring out against pitches fretted low on the neck when the open strings are tuned to DADGAD or DGDGAD, my two favorite open tunings.

Without the offset I introduced, the normal fretting on Kite's guitar would have the lowest frets approximating 28/27, 16/15, 10/9, 8/7, 32/27, 11/9, 81/64, 15/11, 7/5, and 16/11, which doesn't work well for the open tunings I like but is rather designed to have the open strings tuned in parallel 3rds (5/4 or 6/5), for an isomorphic layout that facilitates chords built by stacking 3rds. I found that tuning somewhat challenging, being so unlike any open string tunings I've ever used before, and most of the intervals between non-adjacent open strings are rather discordant. Other players, whose styles don't lean as heavily on open strings and drones the way I do, may find Kite's original design preferable to my modification.

But anyway, the two designs can coexist on the same fretboard by simply inserting an extra fret between the 1st and 2nd instead of moving the 2nd fret lower as I have done, and by varying the tuning of the open strings as you please. It's a fantastic way to access the resources of 41edo on a guitar, without having an absurd number of very closely-spaced frets!"

== Chords (major tuning) ==

There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of intervallic [[odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either harmonic or subharmonic. The only exceptions are the ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6), which are classified as stacked chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds.

These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. ~~The~~ interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.

These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. In these tables, the interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.

=== Triads ===

Other voicings are possible; these are just the most convenient ones. The alternate names for the voicings are explained in the next section. The upmajor chord is a particularly dissonant triad.

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== Songs ==

== Songs (major tuning) ==

These conventional songs have been translated from 12edo to 41edo. One way to do this is to first translate it to 7-limit JI, perhaps visualizing it on a lattice, keeping in mind that 41-edo tempers out the [[32805/32768|Layo]], [[225/224|Ruyoyo]] and [[5120/5103|Saruyo]] minicommas. Then translate the JI to 41edo. Another way is to use this chart which shows 41-edo in terms of 12-edo. The 12 categories circled in red correspond to the notes of 12-edo.

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 For more info: http://tallkite.com/misc_files/The%20Kite%20Tuning.pdf
-== Chords ==
+== Recordings and Videos ==
+A simple 12-bar blues by Aaron Wolf:
+* https://soundcloud.com/mbirakite/aaron-wolf-12-bar-blues-on-kite-guitar
+Open-tuning recordings by Sacred Skeleton aka Igliashon Jones:
+* [https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-1 https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-1 (clean)]
+* [https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-2 https://soundcloud.com/sacred-skeleton/modified-kite-guitar-take-2 (fuzz)]
+Open tunings become more playable with the use of a "half-fret capo". From the liner notes:
+"A couple of improvisations on a guitar loaned to me by Kite Giedratis. The guitar is fretted to 41 notes per double-octave, i.e. every other note of 41 notes per octave, using movable cable ties. On these tracks I modified the fretting slightly by moving the 2nd fret down one step of 41edo and then put a capo behind it, effectively moving all the frets above it UP by one step of 41edo, so that the frets all give odd-numbered pitches from 41edo instead of even-numbered ones. This gives frets for approximations to the ratios 21/20, 12/11, 9/8, 7/6, 6/5, 5/4, 9/7, 4/3, 11/8, and 10/7 relative to the open strings, which makes it possible to let the open strings ring out against pitches fretted low on the neck when the open strings are tuned to DADGAD or DGDGAD, my two favorite open tunings.
+Without the offset I introduced, the normal fretting on Kite's guitar would have the lowest frets approximating 28/27, 16/15, 10/9, 8/7, 32/27, 11/9, 81/64, 15/11, 7/5, and 16/11, which doesn't work well for the open tunings I like but is rather designed to have the open strings tuned in parallel 3rds (5/4 or 6/5), for an isomorphic layout that facilitates chords built by stacking 3rds. I found that tuning somewhat challenging, being so unlike any open string tunings I've ever used before, and most of the intervals between non-adjacent open strings are rather discordant. Other players, whose styles don't lean as heavily on open strings and drones the way I do, may find Kite's original design preferable to my modification.
+But anyway, the two designs can coexist on the same fretboard by simply inserting an extra fret between the 1st and 2nd instead of moving the 2nd fret lower as I have done, and by varying the tuning of the open strings as you please. It's a fantastic way to access the resources of 41edo on a guitar, without having an absurd number of very closely-spaced frets!"
+== Chords (major tuning) ==
 There are many chords to explore, but the obvious place to start is with those of intervallic [[odd-limit]] 9 or less. These chords are mostly subsets of the 4:5:6:7:9 pentad or the 9/(9:7:6:5:4) pentad. Thus most of these chords can be classified as either harmonic or subharmonic. The only exceptions are the ^m7 and vm7 chords (and their homonyms v6 and ^6), which are classified as stacked chords, because they are formed by stacking complimentary 3rds.
-These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. The interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.
+These tables list all the 9-odd-limit chords, plus the vM7 tetrad, which is odd limit 15 and stacked. The chord shapes are written in tablature, using fret numbers. The root is placed arbitrarily on the 4th fret. In these tables, the interval between open strings is always a downmajor 3rd. This makes the Kite guitar isomorphic, thus a tab like 4 6 3 5 can start on the 6th, 5th or 4th string. A skipped string is indicated by a period. Alternate fingerings are possible, especially for 2-finger and 3-finger chords.
 === Triads ===
 Other voicings are possible; these are just the most convenient ones. The alternate names for the voicings are explained in the next section. The upmajor chord is a particularly dissonant triad.
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-== Songs ==
+== Songs (major tuning) ==
 These conventional songs have been translated from 12edo to 41edo. One way to do this is to first translate it to 7-limit JI, perhaps visualizing it on a lattice, keeping in mind that 41-edo tempers out the [[32805/32768|Layo]], [[225/224|Ruyoyo]] and [[5120/5103|Saruyo]] minicommas. Then translate the JI to 41edo. Another way is to use this chart which shows 41-edo in terms of 12-edo. The 12 categories circled in red correspond to the notes of 12-edo.