Externet Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) Is there somewhere an audio sample to listen, on how would a melody sound using fitted/added 'quarter-tone' keys ? -Found an article about a composer trying to build a keyboard with such extra keys...- Edited- added: Sorry. Dumb me; should had searched for it before asking... Edited February 3, 2019 by Externet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Here's another on guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematic Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Bela Bartok used quarter tones - quartets 3 onward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Externet said: Is there somewhere an audio sample to listen, on how would a melody sound using fitted/added 'quarter-tone' keys ? One of my favourite examples is The Don Ellis Orchestra - he had a trumpet made so he could play quarter tones. The sound just makes me smile every time. Check out Electric Bath. 5 hours ago, StringJunky said: Here's another on guitar: And here is a 31 tone guitar Here is a fascinating (and slightly bizarre!) documentary on microtonal music: http://thesonicsky.com/video/sonic-sky-introduction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Strange said: One of my favourite examples is The Don Ellis Orchestra - he had a trumpet made so he could play quarter tones. The sound just makes me smile every time. Check out Electric Bath. And here is a 31 tone guitar Here is a fascinating (and slightly bizarre!) documentary on microtonal music: http://thesonicsky.com/video/sonic-sky-introduction/ Being pretty deaf, semitones are the closest I can differentiate and even then, on the lowest string, I can only really do full tones. Quarter tones are wasted on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 8 hours ago, StringJunky said: Being pretty deaf, semitones are the closest I can differentiate and even then, on the lowest string, I can only really do full tones. Quarter tones are wasted on me. The documentary might still be worth watching as it is very visual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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