Kite Guitar: Difference between revisions

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[[File:The Kite Tuning 2.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]

This chart extends even further, showing the "rainbow zones" and the "off zones". When two guitarists play together, it's very natural for one to play chords in the lower rainbow zone, and another to solo in the higher rainbow zone. The open strings tend to be in an off zone, unless the tonic is fairly close to the nut, or else up around the 3rd or 4th dot. [[File:The Kite Tuning 3.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]

This chart shows the actual notes of an 8-string Kite guitar. The notes circled in red are the open strings of a 12-edo guitar. The ideal string gauges for this tuning are discussed in the [[Kite Guitar Information For Luthiers|Information For Luthiers]] page. Every 4th fret has ~~a dot~~, ~~and every 12th fret has a~~ double ~~dot~~. Three dots equals a 5th.

This chart shows the actual notes of an 8-string Kite guitar. The notes circled in red are the open strings of a 12-edo guitar. The ideal string gauges for this tuning are discussed in the [[Kite Guitar Information For Luthiers|Information For Luthiers]] page. Every 4th fret has one, two or three dots. The dots run single-double-triple-single-double-triple etc. Three dots equals a 5th.

[[File:~~The Kite Tuning~~ 4.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]

[[File:Fretboard 4.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]

A 6-string guitar is usually tuned to the middle 6 strings of the full 8 strings:

[[File:Fretboard 4-6.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]

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:

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 [[File:The Kite Tuning 2.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]
 This chart extends even further, showing the "rainbow zones" and the "off zones". When two guitarists play together, it's very natural for one to play chords in the lower rainbow zone, and another to solo in the higher rainbow zone. The open strings tend to be in an off zone, unless the tonic is fairly close to the nut, or else up around the 3rd or 4th dot. [[File:The Kite Tuning 3.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]
-This chart shows the actual notes of an 8-string Kite guitar. The notes circled in red are the open strings of a 12-edo guitar. The ideal string gauges for this tuning are discussed in the [[Kite Guitar Information For Luthiers|Information For Luthiers]] page. Every 4th fret has a dot, and every 12th fret has a double dot. Three dots equals a 5th.
+This chart shows the actual notes of an 8-string Kite guitar. The notes circled in red are the open strings of a 12-edo guitar. The ideal string gauges for this tuning are discussed in the [[Kite Guitar Information For Luthiers|Information For Luthiers]] page. Every 4th fret has one, two or three dots. The dots run single-double-triple-single-double-triple etc. Three dots equals a 5th.
-[[File:The Kite Tuning 4.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]
+[[File:Fretboard 4.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]
 A 6-string guitar is usually tuned to the middle 6 strings of the full 8 strings:
 [[File:Fretboard 4-6.png|none|thumb|900x900px]]
 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: