Instruments
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Information on how to get musical instruments to play music in a variety of tunings. See also [[The Great Xenharmonic Fixed-Pitch Instrument Database]] . * [[string instruments|Strings]] > [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="string instruments"]] * [[microtonal brass|Brass]]: > [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="microtonal brass"]] * [[microtonal woodwinds|Woodwinds]] > [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="microtonal woodwinds"]] * [[mallet percussion|Percussion]] > [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="Percussion"]] * [[Microtonal Keyboards|Keyboards]]: <span class="wiki_link_new">Piano</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Harpsichord</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Organ</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Clavichord, but also Synthesizers</span> * [[Free Reeds]]: > [[include component="page" wikiName="xenharmonic" page="Free Reeds"]] * Others: [[udderbot]], [[tubulong]], [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/message/17051|balloon flute]], [[Daxophone]] * [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]] =Tuning-agnostic instruments= These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture: * Fretless string instruments > ** Fretless bass ** Fretless guitar ** Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble) ** Oud * String instruments with one pitch per string ** Hammered dulcimer * Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control ** Trombone ** Udderbot * Musical saw * Theremin
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<html><head><title>MicrotonalInstruments</title></head><body>Information on how to get musical instruments to play music in a variety of tunings.<br /> <br /> See also <a class="wiki_link" href="/The%20Great%20Xenharmonic%20Fixed-Pitch%20Instrument%20Database">The Great Xenharmonic Fixed-Pitch Instrument Database</a> .<br /> <br /> <ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/string%20instruments">Strings</a><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextIncludeRule:00:<img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/include/page?w=200&h=100" class="WikiMedia WikiMediaInclude" id="wikitext@@include@@component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;string instruments&quot;" title="Include page: component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;string instruments&quot;" /> --><ul><li>fretted: <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microguitar">guitars</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microbass">bass</a>, banjo, mandolin, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Fun%20With%20Microtones">ukulele</a>, balalaika, viol, sitar, etc.</li><li>(unfretted) <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/MicrotonalBowedStrings">violin etc.</a>, oud, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/qanun">qanun</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microbass">fretless bass</a>, harps, zithers, hammer dulcimers, dan bau</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/autoharp">autoharp</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/moodswinger">moodswinger</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://chrisvaisvil.com/?p=789" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Home Made Canon</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://bp.b0b.com/2012/11/sierra-pedal-steel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pedal steel</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://chrisvaisvil.com/diy-temporary-cable-tie-guitar-frets-version-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cable Tie Frets</a> - instruction and examples on using cable ties as frets on a defretted guitar</li></ul><!-- ws:end:WikiTextIncludeRule:00 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20brass">Brass</a>:<br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextIncludeRule:01:<img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/include/page?w=200&h=100" class="WikiMedia WikiMediaInclude" id="wikitext@@include@@component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;microtonal brass&quot;" title="Include page: component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;microtonal brass&quot;" /> --><ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtonal%20trumpet">Trumpet</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtonal%20horn">Horn</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtrombone">Trombone</a> (duh!), <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/microtonal%20tuba">Tuba</a>, digeridoo, alphorn</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://bwhisperer.com/index" rel="nofollow">bwhisperer.com</a> JI-oriented website, "The Brass Whisperer's main aim is to play with subtle music tunings and coax brass players (and other musicians) into achieving delicious harmonies."</li></ul><!-- ws:end:WikiTextIncludeRule:01 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20woodwinds">Woodwinds</a><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextIncludeRule:02:<img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/include/page?w=200&h=100" class="WikiMedia WikiMediaInclude" id="wikitext@@include@@component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;microtonal woodwinds&quot;" title="Include page: component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;microtonal woodwinds&quot;" /> --><ul><li>Reedless Instruments: <a class="wiki_link" href="/Flutes">Flutes</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microrecorder">Recorders</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Whistles">Whistles</a></li><li>Reed Instruments: <a class="wiki_link" href="/Bassoons">Bassoons</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/microtonal%20clarinet">Clarinets</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Saxophones">Saxophones</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Oboes">Oboes</a></li></ul><!-- ws:end:WikiTextIncludeRule:02 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/mallet%20percussion">Percussion</a><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextIncludeRule:03:<img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/include/page?w=200&h=100" class="WikiMedia WikiMediaInclude" id="wikitext@@include@@component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;Percussion&quot;" title="Include page: component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;Percussion&quot;" /> --><ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/mallet%20percussion">mallet keyboards</a>: vibraphone, xylophone, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/marimba">marimba</a>, glockenspiel, crotales, lithophone, etc.</li><li>tuned drums: timpani, rototoms, pat waing</li><li>bells: <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/carillon">carillon</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/Conic%20Bellophone%20in%2096edo">conic bellophone</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/tubulong">tubulong</a>, amglocken, handbells, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/zoomoozophone">zoomoozophone</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm" rel="nofollow">sound tower/sound cube</a></li><li>lamellophones: <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/kalimba%20%28mbira%29">kalimba (mbira)</a>, marimbula</li><li>friction idiophones: musical saw, wine glasses, <a class="wiki_link" href="http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/nail%20violin">nail violin</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Daxophone">Daxophone</a></li></ul><!-- ws:end:WikiTextIncludeRule:03 --></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Microtonal%20Keyboards">Keyboards</a>: <span class="wiki_link_new">Piano</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Harpsichord</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Organ</span>, <span class="wiki_link_new">Clavichord, but also Synthesizers</span></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Free%20Reeds">Free Reeds</a>:<br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextIncludeRule:04:<img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/include/page?w=200&h=100" class="WikiMedia WikiMediaInclude" id="wikitext@@include@@component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;Free Reeds&quot;" title="Include page: component=&quot;page&quot; wikiName=&quot;xenharmonic&quot; page=&quot;Free Reeds&quot;" /> --><ul><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Harmonica">Harmonica</a></li><li>Reed Organs, Accordion, Melodica, Khaen, etc.</li></ul><!-- ws:end:WikiTextIncludeRule:04 --></li><li>Others: <a class="wiki_link" href="/udderbot">udderbot</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/tubulong">tubulong</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/message/17051" rel="nofollow">balloon flute</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/Daxophone">Daxophone</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Software">Software</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/DAWs">DAWs</a>, <a class="wiki_link" href="/List%20of%20Microtonal%20Software%20Plugins">plugins</a></li></ul><br /> <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:5:<h1> --><h1 id="toc0"><a name="Tuning-agnostic instruments"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:5 -->Tuning-agnostic instruments</h1> These instruments can play in any microtonal scale out-of-the-box, because 12edo is not a part of their manufacture:<br /> <ul><li>Fretless string instruments<br /> <br /> <ul><li>Fretless bass</li><li>Fretless guitar</li><li>Violin, viola, cello, double bass (the string quartet is a whole tuning-agnostic ensemble)</li><li>Oud</li></ul></li><li>String instruments with one pitch per string<ul><li>Hammered dulcimer</li></ul></li><li>Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control<ul><li>Trombone</li><li>Udderbot</li></ul></li><li>Musical saw</li><li>Theremin</li></ul></body></html>