Kind Folk by Kenny Wheeler - Arr. Naren Ratan - 8th Microtonal Guitar Competition

The jury of the 8th International Microtonal Guitar Competition has decided on the winners. Congratulations to all. The competition is organized by the Microtonal Guitar Institute, sponsored by Sala Muzik.
Website: www.microtonalguitar.org
Sala Muzik: salamuzik.com
Music: Kind Folk by Kenny Wheeler
Arranger: Naren Ratan
Guitarist: Naren Ratan
Composition Category
1st Prize - Foghar by Madeline Ashman
2nd Prize - Alev-i Sation 3 by Temmuz Işı Özerkan
3rd Prize - Stream by Matt Pollock
Mention Award - Esquisse 3 by Simon Martin
Mention Award - Swing'it by Mert Mutaf
Mention Award - Etude in E by Sina Keshavarz
Arrangement Category
1st Prize - Mert Mutaf - Çeşmeye Giderdi by Aleko Bacanos
2nd Prize - Reyhan Hemmatfari - Torkaman by Hossein Alizadeh
3rd Prize - Naren Ratan - Kind Folk by Kenny Wheeler
Jury Members:
Bekir Küçükay
Fernando Perez
Golfam Khayam
John Schneider
Jürgen Ruck
Kağan Korad
Mak Grgic
Safa Yeprem
Stephen Goss
Tolgahan Çoğulu
Tufan Kurdoğlu
Winners of all competitions: • 1st Prize Winner - Sol...
Website: microtonalguitar.org
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Microtonal Guitar Institute / Perdeleri Ayarlama Enstitüsü
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[@Bymutaf]

Naren bravo 👏👏👏

[@a-cz5vr]

Thanks very much :) I really loved your pieces - as always!

[@suleymanhakangorener8212]

👏👏👏

[@a-cz5vr]

Thanks! By the way I absolutely love Groovy Hüseyni - such a great tune!

[@suleymanhakangorener8212]

@@a-cz5vr thank you! So happy to hear that.

[@user-ig8pd9qn5h]

This has some chill vibes

[@a-cz5vr]

Thanks very much for watching the video! For the guitar tuning, the frets are third-tones of 68 cents apart and the strings are minor thirds of 317 cents apart. Those numbers are from (9/8)^(1/3) = 68 cents and 3^(1/6) = 317 cents. They're chosen so that you get - a 3/2 fifth two strings up and one fret up - a pure octave four strings up and one fret down

[@user-ig8pd9qn5h]

@@a-cz5vr This is indeed an extremely interesting and innovative way of mapping 72tet! So you have a fretboard for 18tet but each string is shifted to a parallel 18tet system, and after four strings you are back in parallel systems... need to think about it :-D

[@a-cz5vr]

@@user-ig8pd9qn5h Really glad you like the tuning! Sorry I should say my 'third-tones' are slightly bigger than the 18TET ones; 204/3 cents rather than 200/3 cents if that makes sense. Your 72TET tuning sounds really cool - maybe it's time for me to get an adjustable microtonal fretboard to try it out!

[@user-ig8pd9qn5h]

I see, so you really build up your tuning from pure intervals but it doesn't contain pure octaves. Interesting. To you have a switchable fretboard? Yes, indeed it is Tolgahan's System for the adjustable guitar that nudges me into thinking in 72 tet.

[@a-cz5vr]

Yep there's no octave on the same string; happily there's an octave four strings up and one fret down (from 4*317 - 68 = 1200) which is handy for revoicing chords. No switchable fretboard for me yet sadly, maybe one day!