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Judging from the fret layout, it seems like some very specifc microtones that you're after.
Why not just go all-fretless? Then you have access to EVERY microtone!  |
thats exactly why i didnt go fretless,
because i wanted to be very specific about my notes. until recently i played the same thing on my fretless with a lot of little stickers as markers...and it was a mess.
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Cool. Would you be willing to divulge the necks secrets? That is to say, how the measurements of the frets relate to the ratios you've chosen. More info please
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well i want to make it clear that i went about this very mathematically. there are not "halftones" or "quatertones," because those are equal tempered steps. if you want to know how i went about finding the fret positions, PM, but for now here is the scale.
(1/1), (25/24), (16/15), (10/9), (9/8), (6/5), (5/4), (4/3), (25/16), (3/2), (25/18), (8/5), (5/3), (27/16), (16/9), (9/5), (15/8), (2/1)
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How did you do the partial frets?
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i cut the slot like normal, but measured and cut the "fretlet" beforehand. which was a pain, since the ends needed to be filed before going in. then some superglue goes in the empty space to secure the fretlets. its not very pretty, but its the only way i could think of. the tuning is DADA, which apart from DDDD yields the minimal amount of fretlets.
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Sure...but I'm working here from the assumption that the microtonal player can tell the difference between his microtones and just playing out of tune.
I still maintain that a fretless (let's say a lined fretless) would be more versatile.
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in my scale though, i have some very close notes like (10/9) and (9/8), which are both a major 2nd, and which both sound pretty normal. so while it wouldn't be hard to get in the ball park on a fretless for a major 2nd, unless you can count the beats of the notes (not like you'd have time to, or even the ability), it would be very hard to distinguish between the two. theres some intervals, like the major 3rd (5/4) which are easy to tune, but others sound truly microtonal, especially in different modes.
i can say from experience that playing JI on fretless is REALLY hard.
i've been playing piccolo, and i really wanted to be able to play the intervals accurately (kindof the whole point). 12 ET intervals on fretless are hard enough...
