tirapop Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 On Tuesday NPR's All Things Considered did a piece about classical guitarist Lily Afshar. On her new CD she plays her native Persian music. The music uses 1/4 tones, not just the Western 1/2 tones. She plays the music on a classical guitar. She does this with a guitar with extra frets, tuning some strings a 1/4 up, and bending notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Very cool idea. But my main question... why so FEW of those 1/4 tone frets? You think she'd put them in more places...? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Ever heard of Jon Catler? listen to that: http://www.lolorecords.com/Hyperspace.mp3 Microtonal music... It's really GREAT once you turn your brain off regular music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 I also caught that on NPR. Interesting stuff although my ears aren't "tuned" for it just yet. I'm still trying to get Western music under my belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Very cool idea. But my main question... why so FEW of those 1/4 tone frets? You think she'd put them in more places...? Chris I don't know, I can only guess. The music she plays may only be in one key (or maybe just a few). In any Western scale, you have a mix of whole tones and half tones. The neck is fretted for what you might play, not, what you actually play. Appalachian mountain dulcimers play in a particular key, like harmonicas, and they are fretted to play in that key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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