User:TallKite/How To Play the Kite Guitar
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(Kite's initial notes for an e-book)
(includes Kite bass)
Chapter 1: Why Play the Kite Guitar?
- New sounds
- Old sounds sound cleaner
- Dirty sounds work better
Chapter 2: Just Intonation and the Harmonic Series
- (take from the website's What It Is page)
- disclaimer -- no 11-limit in this book
Chapter 3: About 41-equal
- difference between edosteps and ratios
- ups and downs
- staff notation
- tablature
- KDF tablature
Chapter 4: Various Tunings
- Downmajor 3rds (isomorphic)
- Alternating 3rds, P4-M2 (dimorphic)
- Open tunings
- The a-fret
- The Multi-fret Capo
- disclaimer -- only downmajor 3rds tuning in this book
Chapter 5: The Fretboard's Notes
- diagrams for 6, 7 and 8 strings, plus bass
- example riff in tab & score
Chapter 6: How To Tune
- microtonal apps
- standard tuner with a sus4 chord
Chapter 7: The Fretboard's Intervals
- various diagrams with rainbows
Chapter 8: Basic Scales
- vM, ^m, example melodies in each
- vm, ^M, play same melodies
Chapter 9: Basic Triads
- vM, ^m, vm, ^M, sus4, sus2
- ^d, vd
- Downminor Nocturne riff
Chapter 10: Basic Chord Progressions
- Iv - IVv - Vv
- Iv - vII^m
Chapter 11: Pitch Shifts
- Iv - IVv - II^m - Vv
Chapter 12: Basic Tetrads
- v7, v,7
- vM7, ^m7, vm7
- ^7, ^9
- ^d^7, vdv7
- ^d7, vd7
Chapter 13: Bending
- half-fret bend
- microbend for fine-tuning vM3, vM6
Chapter 14: How to Translate Songs
- IvM7 - II^m7 - Vv7 - IvM7 issues
- melody vs. harmony
- (take from my xenwiki examples)
Appendix 1: Giant chord list
- (take from the xenwiki)
Appendix 2: Giant scales list
- (take from the xenwiki)
Appendix 3: Alternate tuning diagrams