The author is Gregg Miner, and Gregg has an extensive library of harp guitar music. A long time ago I met Gregg when one of my friends Brad Hoyt (a keyboard and harp guitarist as well) hosted a harp guitar convention here in Indianapolis, and I got recruited to help. Gregg and the rest of the artists that were there were extremely approachable, and most of the crowd were musicians (some pretty famous ones, too) checking out one of the more interesting variations of the guitar... and what you could do with one. Fun times.
pluc 2 hours ago [-]
12 strings is one thing, but how about microtonal? That's instead of adding strings, you add frets!
For plucked instruments, besides ease of use, it adds clarity and sustain. Orchestra AFAIK only has Pizzicato where that would matter.
analog31 2 hours ago [-]
Frets make chords possible.
You only have to put your finger somewhere in between two frets to get a particular note, so you can play more than the tiny handful of chords that can be played on something like a violin.
There are non-fretted guitars but they are rare, and I think early banjos were not fretted.
jagged-chisel 1 hours ago [-]
Frets make chords easier
BigTTYGothGF 28 minutes ago [-]
It makes hard chords easy, and impossible chords possible (if not easy). Most barre chords, for example.
ErroneousBosh 21 minutes ago [-]
> Frets make chords possible.
What do you think double-stops are?
amanaplanacanal 3 minutes ago [-]
Whimpy-ass chords. You need three or more notes for a serious(tm) chord.
ErroneousBosh 20 minutes ago [-]
What's the difference in sustain time between a cello played pizzicato and a plucked guitar string?
babblingbrook 1 hours ago [-]
What I love about links like this is that we see information being shared just for the love of it. This person has done a lot of work simply to share knowledge with the world about something they are passionate about. This is what great about the internet and is easily lost amongst all the commercial content.
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I see your added frets, and raise "add frets on the fly using Lego":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPCEImSfCwc
Really? I highly recommend Flying Microtonal Banana.
* https://www.delta-harp.com/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdUztFVwi3I
You only have to put your finger somewhere in between two frets to get a particular note, so you can play more than the tiny handful of chords that can be played on something like a violin.
There are non-fretted guitars but they are rare, and I think early banjos were not fretted.
What do you think double-stops are?