Microtonal Guitar Music: In Sound and in Tune (Lecture-recital)
Dr Tolgahan Çoğulu - Istanbul Technical University and Turkish State Music
Conservatory; CMPS Visiting Fellow
Tuesday 31 January 2017 - 5.00 to 6.30 pm - Recital Room, Faculty of Music,
University of Cambridge, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Whereas the standard guitar has fixed frets which are adjusted to the
12-tone equal-temperament system, recent innovations in guitar design allow
microtonal music to be played, as a result of which microtonal pieces have
been added to the guitar repertoire in the late 20th and early 21st
centuries. The 'Adjustable Microtonal Guitar'' is one such instrument; it
was designed by Tolgahan Çoğulu in 2008. All the frets on the fretboard are
movable along the channels under each string; in addition, any number of
frets can be inserted into or removed from the fretboard. Since 2008, more
than thirty composers have written microtonal pieces in various tunings for
this guitar. In this lecture-recital, Tolgahan Çoğulu discusses microtonal
music, the history of microtonal guitars, adjustable microtonal guitar
design, and compositions and arrangements of polyphonic microtonal Turkish
makam music for this guitar. He also performs some microtonal guitar music
pieces.
TICKETS: Admission free
Hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Musical Performance Studies (CMPS)
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