Microtonal Guitar (Fixed Fret) - Tolgahan Çoğulu

Why HN readers recommended it

Linked in music theory and tuning threads as a listenable example of microtonal guitar that sounds good.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu

Topic

microtonal guitar

Format

demo

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• That sounds like a cool instrument, would be interested in hearing what it sounds like, do you have any clips of you playing it? I like the idea of a guitar that can easily reach lower registers. Whilst 7-string (and in Charlie Hunter's case, 8-string) …

• > "But don't hold your breath for oriental tuning. I don't see any reason why that would ever catch on. ick." I can understand your personal preference. That said, I think the ear is more adaptable than you might think, I've found myself enjoying music …

• Anyone who is interested in going down the beyond-12-equal-temperment rabbit hole: - xeharmonic wiki: [LINK] - xenharmonic playlist: [LINK] - Tolgahan Çoğulu and his awesome microtonal guitar creations: [VIDEO] Some bands with more "approachable" sounds (vs the xenharmonic playlist, which gets spicy) known for microtonal …