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Song translations are collected at[[Kite_Guitar_Translations|Kite Guitar Translations]]. Many songs have been translated and more are constantly being added!

Obviously, the Kite Guitar can do much more than simply play conventional music. But a good starting place is to take what you know and find it on the Kite Guitar. Translating 12-edo music is sometimes problematic but never impossible. Generally the translated version is an improvement, because it's so well tuned.

Obviously, the Kite Guitar can do much more than simply play conventional music. But a good starting place is to take what you know and find it on the Kite Guitar. Translating 12-edo music is sometimes problematic but never impossible. Generally the translated version is an improvement, because it's so well tuned. There follows some general advice on translating:

One way to translate a conventional song 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]], [[1029/1024|Latrizo]] and [[5120/5103|Saruyo]] minicommas. Then translate the JI to 41edo. Another way is to use the spiral charts in the "About 41-edo" section.

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Likewise, I7 - IV7 - V7 - I7 is a Ru pump. The usual translation is Iv7 - IVv7 - Vv7 - Iv7, with the scale's 4th shifting between the IV and V chords. Another example is Im7 - bIIIm6 - bVII7 - IV7 - I7. The root movements are m3, P5, P5, P5. Without the pump, the m3 movement would be translated to vm3. With the pump, to avoid an ^5 movement, the translation is Iv7 - bIII^m6 - bVIIv7 - IVv7 - I.

For rapid comma pumps of only two measures, a shift halfway through the pump is often best. See [[~~Song~~ Translations by Kite Giedraitis ~~to The Kite Guitar~~#I Will .28The Beatles.29|Kite's translation of "I Will"]].

For rapid comma pumps of only two measures, a shift halfway through the pump is often best. See [[Kite Guitar Translations by Kite Giedraitis#I Will .28The Beatles.29|Kite's translation of "I Will"]].

One way to hide pitch shifts is to voice the two occurrences of the pitch in different octaves. Another way is to omit the 5th in one of the chords. Thus in the Gu example, the 2nd chord might be VI^mno5.

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 Song translations are collected at[[Kite_Guitar_Translations|Kite Guitar Translations]]. Many songs have been translated and more are constantly being added!
-Obviously, the Kite Guitar can do much more than simply play conventional music. But a good starting place is to take what you know and find it on the Kite Guitar. Translating 12-edo music is sometimes problematic but never impossible. Generally the translated version is an improvement, because it's so well tuned.
+Obviously, the Kite Guitar can do much more than simply play conventional music. But a good starting place is to take what you know and find it on the Kite Guitar. Translating 12-edo music is sometimes problematic but never impossible. Generally the translated version is an improvement, because it's so well tuned. There follows some general advice on translating:
 One way to translate a conventional song 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]], [[1029/1024|Latrizo]] and [[5120/5103|Saruyo]] minicommas. Then translate the JI to 41edo. Another way is to use the spiral charts in the "About 41-edo" section.
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 Likewise, I7 - IV7 - V7 - I7 is a Ru pump. The usual translation is Iv7 - IVv7 - Vv7 - Iv7, with the scale's 4th shifting between the IV and V chords. Another example is Im7 - bIIIm6 - bVII7 - IV7 - I7. The root movements are m3, P5, P5, P5. Without the pump, the m3 movement would be translated to vm3. With the pump, to avoid an ^5 movement, the translation is Iv7 - bIII^m6 - bVIIv7 - IVv7 - I.
-For rapid comma pumps of only two measures, a shift halfway through the pump is often best. See [[Song Translations by Kite Giedraitis to The Kite Guitar#I Will .28The Beatles.29|Kite's translation of "I Will"]].
+For rapid comma pumps of only two measures, a shift halfway through the pump is often best. See [[Kite Guitar Translations by Kite Giedraitis#I Will .28The Beatles.29|Kite's translation of "I Will"]].
 One way to hide pitch shifts is to voice the two occurrences of the pitch in different octaves. Another way is to omit the 5th in one of the chords. Thus in the Gu example, the 2nd chord might be VI^mno5.