Guitar microtonal

What is Microtonal Music - and Why Should I Play a Microtonal Guitar? ... It basically means the use of smaller intervals than the usual tones and semi-tones used in Western music. For instance, Ancient Greek musical intervals were of many different sizes, including microtones.

1. What is a microtonal fretboard?
2. Can you play microtones on guitar?
3. How many frets are on a microtonal guitar?
4. Who invented the microtonal guitar?

What is a microtonal fretboard?

The Adjustable Microtonal Guitar was designed by Tolgahan Çoğulu in 2008. ... In the Adjustable Microtonal Guitar, all the frets on the fretboard are movable in the channels under each string. Besides, any number of frets can be inserted into or removed from the fretboard.

Can you play microtones on guitar?

As on the Arabic necked lute 'oud,' all microtones can be played on the fretless guitar. Fretless guitar's timbre is very different than the classical guitar. 4) Use of Small Frets, Additional Standard Frets and Curved Frets: Small frets can be taped or inserted into any part of the guitar's fretboard.

How many frets are on a microtonal guitar?

The 110 individual frets are also slightly U-shaped shaped pieces of fretwire, designed to counteract any mistuning by inadvertent bending of the string. The instrument also uses Vogt's specially designed compensating nut.

Who invented the microtonal guitar?

Tolgahan Çoğulu (born in 1978, Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish classical guitarist, arranger and designer of the adjustable microtonal guitar. He built a unique repertoire of works for microtonal guitar by arranging Anatolian folk music and Ottoman maqam music and by commissioning the leading and emerging composers.