Tunings with many notes can sound normal or not, it depends on which notes are chosen. 31EDO approximates well /4-comma meantone temperament, which was used commonly in renaissance and baroque music. So it is suitable for much music of that time and most diatonic music in general. It also has a good approximation of the seventh harmonic, so it is good for dominant chords.
An approximation of the harmonic 7th doesn't meaning anything for dominant chords, since they provide a completely different quality. 31edo sounds normal because it provides a great approximation of 5-limit consonances and the diatonic syntonic-tempereď scale, meaning four fifths still equal the best major third and it isn't much flatter than 12edo.
Yes, Blues IS so much 7 limit. This is one of the few genres in popular Western music where microtonality is already culturally trained in Western eat as far as I understand. But it benefits from its African roots.
That's a really wild bass. Part of me thinks, just go fretless, but the 31TET fret system obviously has potential. BTW, your song's refrain sounds _almost_ exactly like "Deep River Blues" by Doc Watson. Love it.
I thought about building some crazy gonzo bass like that B4, glad to see somebody beat me to it. I can't tell if it's 31edo but I assume it is. The 34" scale length of a bass makes it possible to have that many frets and still have it be playable. Having access to that many microtones is totally impractical but some ppl feel the need to explore these things. At the end of the day that's how innovation happens so I'm for it
how do you possibly even fret anything above where the normal 12th fret would be? seems like a crap ton of work to get the guitar playing well with so many frets and points of potential error. so much works to put in the frets. great playing though
"Yo bro, I heard you like frets."
Never heard a bass sound like that. It’s beautiful
What amazing sounding intervals. And a bass is just perfect for this. Buzzy
That’s a lot of fret-wire!
Exactly what I was thinking. About 100m of fret wire lmao
Shocking how "normal" this sounds for 31-edo.
Tunings with many notes can sound normal or not, it depends on which notes are chosen. 31EDO approximates well /4-comma meantone temperament, which was used commonly in renaissance and baroque music. So it is suitable for much music of that time and most diatonic music in general. It also has a good approximation of the seventh harmonic, so it is good for dominant chords.
that just means he uh knows what he’s doing bud
An approximation of the harmonic 7th doesn't meaning anything for dominant chords, since they provide a completely different quality. 31edo sounds normal because it provides a great approximation of 5-limit consonances and the diatonic syntonic-tempereď scale, meaning four fifths still equal the best major third and it isn't much flatter than 12edo.
That's kinda the whole point of 31 edo tbh
Nolly after leaving periphery
Love it! Those sweet 7ths especially
came back to this a second time today. Super solid.
Blues players when discovering microtonality:
Wait it's all 7 limit?
Always has been🔫👨🚀
Yes, Blues IS so much 7 limit.
This is one of the few genres in popular Western music where microtonality is already culturally trained in Western eat as far as I understand. But it benefits from its African roots.
my limited understanding of blues is : with the right ornementation you can make most "false" notes be the right note
That's a really wild bass. Part of me thinks, just go fretless, but the 31TET fret system obviously has potential.
BTW, your song's refrain sounds _almost_ exactly like "Deep River Blues" by Doc Watson. Love it.
Thank you!
WHAT A COOL INSTRUMENT!!! Beautiful piece!
This soothes me
One of the coolest thing i've seen all week dude
Awesome....love the little flourish right at the end there.
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This is freaking awesome. great stuff!!
It resonates
Jaw dropping
dude that string spacing looks intense! mad props for playing that
This is really cool
Surely, you can get still more frets on that there gee-tar.
…love you playing.
Beautiful song and awsome bass😊
Gonna need tabs for this one way or the other
This is the coolest thing i've seen done on the bass guitar in a long time
AWESOME
I thought about building some crazy gonzo bass like that B4, glad to see somebody beat me to it. I can't tell if it's 31edo but I assume it is. The 34" scale length of a bass makes it possible to have that many frets and still have it be playable. Having access to that many microtones is totally impractical but some ppl feel the need to explore these things. At the end of the day that's how innovation happens so I'm for it
beautiful!
Nice tone
Ooh seveny
❤bass❤
Nicely done!
so cooooool wow
I'm getting a kite bass made really soon 🤤
@@johnplatter4535 Awesome! I love seeing the stuff you've been doing with the kite guitar.
Beautiful!!!
This video is interesting and enjoyable on every level. Love the song!
Awesome video man !!
Is that a body of a LTD B-206SM w/ some king of custom made neck to fit the body?
Killer instrument tone
Lovely playing man :)
Bro. Where did you get this 48 fretter? 😂
@@mystiquesquared temu, they said it was a fender jazz bass
@@mystiquesquared jk, I bought an ESP 6-string with a bolt on neck and a company called Tonedevil guitars built a new neck. It’s got 62 frets.
@millennial_bugnope, 35 inch. It gives me a little more room between frets.
This is SICC 🎉😮❤
What instrument? Where? How?
The bass itself is just an ESP LTD 6-string - I had a neck custom built for it by Tonedevil Guitars. It's in 31-EDO.
How microtonal is that thing lol?
about 60-62 frets. tried to count them all but its hard with how close they are lol
I love that we're just supposed to ignore that the bass has like 50 frets on it lmao
Otherwise muckin great playing tho man, thank you
At that point you might as well buy a fretless, infinite micro tones + they’re actually playable 😂😂😂
Nice
Is that the body of an esp b-205sm?
b-206 sm, yup! Just got a custom neck built that fits that pocket.
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Dude how many octaves ?
how do you possibly even fret anything above where the normal 12th fret would be? seems like a crap ton of work to get the guitar playing well with so many frets and points of potential error. so much works to put in the frets.
great playing though
JUST!!!! PLAY!!!! FRETLESS!!!!
What are your thoughts writing this comment?
@@stavats i think my thoughts were he should just play fretless but idk it might be hard to tell from what i wrote.
How much for a re-fret? 💀
Is that piezo-mixed tone?
Bass in the basement… 😅
What is going on here?
a dude found the secret to happines :D
noice
What kinda guitar is that?
Esp LTD 6 string with a 31 edo custom neck made by tonedevil
How does this actually work? I’m looking at it and I’m wondering does each note also have a sharp and flat sounding fret?interesting
It is tuned to 31-equal divisions of the octave, instead of the typical 12. It's a tuning system with a long history to it - en.xen.wiki/w/31edo
how much frets are there?
yes
Opposite of fretless.
Those Conklin custom basses are getting out of hand....
how are you even supposed to play those higher notes my god
you use your fingers. hope this helps
@@LogCabinMusic smartass
Ikr? The frets can't be more than 1/8" apart once you get up around 60th fret...
Buy a guitar
Regular blues, don't exaggerate