How can we harness the guitar’s expansive microtonal capabilities? Here, we run through a range of approaches to this oft-forgotten zone of playing: nudges, stretches, quarter-tones, physical mods, Indian sruti, non-12tet scales, etc. Between the frets, around the world…
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George Howlett is a London-based musician, writer, and teacher (guitars, sitar, tabla, & santoor). Above all I seek to enthuse fellow sonic searchers, interconnecting fresh vibrations with the voices, cultures, and passions behind them. See Home & Writings, and hit me up for Online Lessons!
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