What is a microtonal fretboard?

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. In the equal temperament system used in Western classical music, the octave is divided into 12 half tones.

What is microtonal guitar?

Microtonal music or microtonality is the use in music of microtones—intervals smaller than a semitone, also called “microintervals”. It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal intervals per octave.

What is a microtonal fretted guitar?

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.

How many frets does a microtonal guitar have?

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 is the creator of the microtonal guitar?

Cogulu Microtonal Fretboards was founded in 2019 and adjustable microtonal fretboards for classical and electric guitars are being made for the microtonal music lovers. The first prize winner at the 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, Tolgahan Çoğulu, designed his “Adjustable Microtonal Guitar” in 2008.

Are there any adjustable microtonal fretboards for guitars?

Cogulu Microtonal Fretboards was founded in 2019 and adjustable microtonal fretboards for classical and electric guitars are being made for the microtonal music lovers.

When did the Microtonal Guitar Atlas come out?

The first prize winner at the 2014 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, Tolgahan Çoğulu, designed his “Adjustable Microtonal Guitar” in 2008. His first CD with microtonal guitar, Atlas, was published by Kalan Music in 2012.