The

Kite

Guitar

A Revolutionary New Guitar Fretting

The Beauty of Extended Just Intonation

The freedom of an Equal Temperament

The Kite Guitar has more frets

opening up new worlds of harmony and melody

Standard Guitar

12 notes per octave

Kite Guitar

0 notes per octave
Chords sound smoother

and more relaxed

because they are much closer to Just Intonation
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Every Chord

is the

SAME SHAPE,

no matter the string

no matter the key

(The Kite layout is isomorphic)

Standard
A Major
D Major
E Major
Kite
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The Kite Guitar can rock out!

The frets are only 59¢ apart, instead of the usual 100¢. This smaller step size creates exciting melodic possibilities.

Get a Kite Guitar

We rent and sell Kite guitars and basses.

We also convert guitars and basses to the Kite fretting.

We also sell pre-slotted fretboards that your local luthier can install.

Experiment with microtonality.

The Kite guitar is extremely versatile.
This original piece uses “septimal” just intonation to get a “subminor” sound.

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Keyboards can join in too!

Lumatone. Linnstrument. Launchpad

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Play in any key!

Even “in between” keys like C half-sharp.

 

Modulate to any key – the freedom of an equal temperament!

Events

Our weekly videochat session

open to the public

EVERY SUNDAY noon-2pm PST


Come meet the Kite community! Held on jitsi, a browser-based vidchat app. No downloading or login required, simply go to the url to join. Details on the Contact Us page.