Playing "Microtonal Guitar" for the First Time...

Playing “Microtonal Guitar” for the First Time…
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I’ve been playing electric guitar for over 10 years now, but recently I decided to get a microtonal guitar and play for the first time!
The microtonal guitar I got is an Eastwood High-Flyer Phase 4 guitar. It took a while for the guitar to ship since it was a pre-order guitar, but it was definitely worth the wait!
This video is basically my first reaction and first time playing a microtonal guitar. I didn’t watch any videos or do that much research prior to playing, so please go easy on me lol
Regardless, I’m really excited to learn how to play the microtonal guitar!
If there’s any useful advice or any other instruments you’d like to see me play, leave a comment letting me know ^-^
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Thanks for watching!
Erik - Musick

[@Musickal]

Normal guitars: 🎸 🎶 This guitar: 👺👺👺

[@euancamz3740]

You gotta make more vids on this channel, I love them!

[@sandrfirst45]

You should cover Godless times by rings of saturn

[@lucachorro]

It would be awesome if you did a second part to this video, when you talk about what you learned about this guitar and microtonal music

[@redmist6630]

he always got the hat for this channel

[@soPuls]

If you haven't heard of them King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard make some great music, and their albums KG, LW, and Flying Microtonal Banana all incorporate microtonal guitars. Really cool to see what seems to be a straight up production-level guitar with a microtonal neck

[@cadenkratsch3057]

I SECOND THIS. Erik needs to check out KGATLW.

[@jezoboii]

Surely he knows about them, especially because this is the same model guitar Cookiedawg plays

[@finbuch101]

I knew this was gonna be the first comment LMAO

[@LedBeatPink]

yep, first thing I thought of when I say this pop in my recommendations, underrated band.

[@no_problem8023]

Literally every time the term "microtonal guitar" is uttered online, its guaranteed someone will state "HEY HAVE YOU HEARD OF KING GIZZARD????"

[@bloom2498]

I wanna see faze booce play/learn guitar

[@harmontown8928]

I second this!

[@wyattwarren7523]

sammeee

[@Xenokillerboss]

fourth it

[@generictitle663]

He’d only play Electric Wizard or something like that

[@cumhouse7965]

Eric is looking more and more like captain price as the years go by and i'm all for it

[@michaelmarra1327]

Fr, if he starts hitting the weights and grows out the front of his beard his transformation will be complete😂

[@Log_rithms]

The microtones make the most sense in a passing tone context. Trying to make chords is tricky but making a melody is where it shines. The different spaces between notes that you have access to makes things more spicy. Think of it like bends in a blues solo. Also, what you were playing for the MW2 theme is EXACTLY how microtones should be used. Inadvertently a perfect example!

[@Alexsrecords]

I noticed a few people already mentioned King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard already, but they are a great source for understanding and using a microtonal guitar. They tune their guitars to C# F# C# F# B E and write riffs in that tuning. It’s featured heavily on the albums Flying Microtonal Banana, K.G and L.W. They’re great musicians besides the microtonal stuff too, can’t recommend them enough!

[@greatdude7279]

Yeah King Gizzard are awesome however since I am from the balkans this kind of playing isn't that strange here :D However we tune our guitars into DADDGG that way we simulate Turkish Saz more since we have 2 chours (D, G) and we play like we would play Saz low strings for drone and high strings for melody.

[@thestarvoice5978]

Even though the views are not close to your main channel I think you have a more loyal and hardcore fanbase here. Loving the uploads!

[@TheSuperZOS]

dude yes microtonals rock some other people probably already suggested checking out King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard for microtonal tunes, but I'm gonna bring them up again as they are a great example

[@hunterorion7045]

loving the music content!!! please keep uploading on here.

[@cosmos_blazer6762]

KING GIZZARD, MAN THE FLYING BANANA!!!

[@mkmiett7488]

2:39 I look away for ONE second and you play this! Awesome!

[@kevinkibbe2826]

Just go listen to Flying Microtonal Banana by King Gizzard

[@the-np4mr]

Lmfao don't do this

[@kevinkibbe2826]

@@the-np4mr why it's a good representation of Microtonal music in a style that might be easier to listen to

[@cow4741]

@@the-np4mr okay well I’ll go listen to the numerous other microtonal rock albums.

[@pearsights]

I'm so glad you're uploading again, I miss this channel

[@channelname5345]

You did some really cool playing keep it up

[@Sevish]

You gotta check out Dave Fiuczynski on fretless electric guitar. And MonoNeon on quarter-tone bass!

[@kiryucovers]

Yo! Sevish is in the house! o/

[@MaxIsBackInTown]

This is the king gizzard and the lizard wizard guitar, an exact remake.

[@ulligulli3030]

these things are alot of fun

[@hoodlum5607]

because of you and [100 other reasons] im finally choosing to learn to play bass. im going to try and go for an ibanez mikro and a fender 40

[@kyrpajyra_]

The guitar is pretty much a replica of the Univox Hi-Flyer Phase 4 (except with microtonal frets). It's not at all in anyway shape or form a replica, or even similar to the Kurt Cobain signature Jag-stang.

[@BlueRoseShilloh]

I was looking for this comment

[@WowDoodWuuut]

looks more like a mosrite like Johnny Ramone would play than a jag stang.

[@DevinLatulippe]

To be fair I think he was just maybe making a joke. But he probably mentioned Nirvana because Kurt Cobain did use Univox Hi-Flyer’s a lot. But him showing a Jag-Stang doesn’t make much sense to me

[@matthew5553]

Can’t wait to see more vids on this channel!

[@joaovictoresteves1597]

ohhh boy the jazz guys are gonna love this one

[@trashboat4331]

LOVING THE UPLOADS MERK

[@TreeRingsExploration]

Real legends are here. GG legends.

[@bubbshalub]

wait... you're m3rkmusic? I watch your stuff as a kid and now I'm watching you again as an adult lol I like your taste in guitars

[@kalebbankston8551]

I would love to see a update on the guitar collection!

[@jamesmcguigan1]

You should watch samurai guitarist playing this guitar he uses the microtones in some interesting ways!

[@SoyProteinMachine]

here is some advice for writing micotonal music. when you are writing microtonal music dont think about chord progressions just pick one chord and play around it. if you want to hear an example look up the album flying microtonal banana by King Gizzard in most of there songs in this album used this method

[@serbianhammer]

Yep. I need one

[@alexjamesj]

phase 4, beautiful

[@Azza-qu4qq]

okay this is kinda unrelated but PLEASE can you show us how you get your usual ibanez tone, its sounds so great

[@DapperHesher]

Everyone mentions King Gizzard, but I think Massive Audio Nerve (if you dig metal) and Jon Catler (blues / world music vibes) are better examples of what you can do with microtonal guitar.

[@izzetop1910]

So with the micro tonal frets, could you theoretically achieve just tuning on the fret board for certain keys?

[@LeviGreen4]

I think that would work really well in a open tunning

[@AramaxTheHuman]

definitely research by using channels like brendan byrnes or hear between the lines, or zhea erose, they will help you understand the way microtonal music works on the basis :D

[@damien9283]

Listen to the album Flying Microtonal Banana by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

[@emersonsawesome7629]

I commented about King Gizz on the main channel video where you mentioned this guitar when that came out but I'll mention them again here along with everyone else.

[@berenddejong3615]

YES, MORE MUSIK CONTENT

[@tyler_davies]

Confused on the nirvana guitar comparison

[@rosco9254]

It seems pretty good for surf music, There are a lot of microtones in traditional Indian music

[@moustachio334]

It’s easier to learn microtonal music from just learning Indian music

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Check out the “Tone Poems” albums. Instruments played with slides and tone bars (like Dobro and pedal steel) can be played microtonally. I play Blues Dobro and I often go into microtonal country when I slide around the b3 and b7.

[@pcstraut4821]

MORE GUITAR PLS!!!

[@TKMachine007]

Hey M3rk. Could you maybe make a video on Rocksmith. I've been using it to learn guitar and I've seen a lot of people using it on twitch to stream different songs and I think you would enjoy it a whole ton. I'm really curious what your opinion on that game is.

[@SpongeBath_ShitPants]

This guitar would make some pretty interesting surf music.

[@johnaranjo2059]

nice i myself have a microtone and an 8 string multi scale cort kx508ms

[@just_another_shy_shark5162]

Only real ogs know that Kurt used a guitar like this to write the Bleach Album

[@just_another_shy_shark5162]

But uh with normal frets

[@GrindcoreEnthusiast]

Finally video

[@titanjac107]

Do you recommend getting a guitar teacher to learn or try and self teach cause not much money?

[@Nubern]

Yes sir

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

Turkish music uses this fret layout. Have a look at the turkish three quarter tone - half a minor third.

[@lucisforest7780]

Microtonal notes don't make sense to me at all despite me studying music theory for years

[@cow4741]

Let’s take the 5th fret of your guitar on the E string, A, going up a fret (or a half step) would take you to A#, in the distance between the two notes there is 100 cents, which is just a measurement, like there is 100cm in a metre, this is the smallest possible interval (the difference between two notes) in western music (12 TET) going to other parts of the world there’s other intervals, such as the quarter tone, which would be 50 cent, so going from A (your 5th fret) would take you to A half sharp, to the untrained ear it sounds rough.

[@Nobddy]

Have you ever heard a bend? That’s microtonal

[@Gregulitus]

Do you use a pedalboard, or do you use digital effects?

[@tillsteinbacher3195]

Isn't this modeled after a Mosrite and not a Jagstang?

[@huzrokhayzur2197]

are the closest frets even usable ? They seem so close to each other Oo. And KGALW microtonal albums are sick as hell check them out

[@Moonrust_band]

Quick question: do you ever play guitar live in front of people

[@richard9858]

you should check out the microtonal god jacob collier, he really goes deep into the theory and pulls off microtones as if they were whole steps, sum truly amazing stuff

[@gyozo9567]

erik look up microtonal banana by king gizzard they use a microtonal guitar in their song

[@mastarelinus9020]

You are such a guitar nerd but I love it

[@cadenmac6998]

Hi Merk!!!!

[@nacrit4325]

You should do a baritone guitar next

[@kebab_boi]

I opened the comment section just to see how many king gizzard related comments I could find. Literally 2nd comment in and someone mentions them

[@baabaabaa2293]

Did you say a detailed model of a Fender sumthin? I'd go Mosrite with buckers & weird af fretboard.

[@ReBlSon]

I would only think to learn microtonal functionality would be to listen to fretless guitar music or something non western like middle eastern music, or music from India where microtonal is typically normal for them

[@TheBanana93]

Middle eastern music uses a lot of micro tonal sounds!

[@peacemyguy5332]

check out king gizzard and the lizard wizard, their microtonal stuff is great.

[@bryson.iscool8871]

do a guitar collection update

[@Pluemeria001]

Eric has become King Gizzard :)

[@nutmegoneggnog4104]

Hey look, an upload

[@Nubern]

Happy 4 of July

[@counterfeitreality3879]

Nuclear fusioooooooon

[@gaberb]

Plz post more on here papa

[@DRMADist]

Similar to the jagstang??? It’s a similar design to the mosrite ventures guitar- which kurt cobain did play. Don’t see how it looks anything like a jagstang tho lol

[@weenibeenies]

legit the same exact one Kurt uses in the Heart shaped box music video, apart from it being microtonal of course….

[@SlyHikari03]

2:38 this sounds way cooler with microtones.

[@andromedusmoat9608]

Keep your root notes in the world of 12, and use the micros for scaling out or embellishments.

[@lucaserojas]

0:40 lmfao

[@jackson.6282]

HOLY FUCK I HAVENT SEEN THIS GUY IN YEARS HOLY FUCK

[@nicholin02]

1:50 do you mean a pitch?

[@pres2598]

You were thinking of the Univox hi Flier not the jagstang

[@jamesgardella6140]

Listen to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. They have a couple microtonal albums, one of which is named Flying Microtonal Banana

[@noobifieduwu]

For any of you guys asking, it’s in 19 TET

[@jojodajester2419]

The new king gizzard album sounds great.

[@fixedguitar47]

Microtonal guitar: “Some men just want to watch the world burn”

[@bluegrassbassing3790]

King gizz and the lizard wizard

[@clunt2548]

Ow lawd

[@rosshill9351]

W

[@khalidnawaf1196]

There is special scales you can play this. They called “Magamats”

[@pronukespontaneous8090]

did I hear the bone bonk sound?

[@greekastrophe7483]

the bleach guitar 😩😩

[@oliverpersell7465]

Bro, look up King gizzard and the lizard wizard if you whant to hear some sick music with mikrotones

[@jigilous]

I expected more, so that’s on me

[@AlraArt]

Learn some maqams they are like modes, they are used in eastern music that has microtones.

[@jackreoh]

It's actually a copy of the Univox Hi Flier that kurt played

[@SharrenDabs]

Do you own a Wangcaster guitar? 🤣 you’d definitely own one of those haha

[@bryancontreras2892]

flying microtonal banana

[@anthonycoles2034]

Highly recommend listening to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard

[@bang8782]

Damn that guitar is $999 👀

[@doctorstrainlove6318]

King Gizzard

[@Clarkn07]

Jazz

[@drmott_gaming2392]

Merk and doo doing requests on cod

[@youngroyalty7991]

If you want an amazing entry into microtonal music, Try King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard’s album “Flying Microtonal Banana”