Resources
Software Tuners
Microtonal-Tuner by Wilckerson Ganda is a free browser-based app that works on windows, OS X, android and iOS.
EDO tuner by John Watson is a free app for iOS only.
EDO-strobeTuner by Kite Giedraitis is a free strobe tuner for microtonal instruments (requires Reaper or ReaJS).
LINGOT is a free tuner for GNU/Linux which supports any tuning system and imports scala files. To set it to 41edo, download and import this 41-edo.scl file. Then, set the frequency of pitch "1" to D by replacing the "mid-C" text with the frequency number "587.33".
Browser-based Virtual Fretboard Simulators
Touchscreen/mouse: Guitar-Webplayer by Wilckerson Ganda
QWERTY keyboard: Scale Workshop by Sevish
Xenwiki pages (main article here)
Fretboard Charts (downmajor tuning)
Chord Shapes (downmajor tuning)
Scale Shapes - Fretboard charts for the downmajor tuning
Relative and Absolute Tab - Finding your way around the fretboard
Tunings - Isomorphic tunings vs. open tunings
Tuning Instructions - See also software tuners above
Kite Guitar Exercises and Techniques - Various exercises and techniques by various teachers
Translating Songs to 41-equal - Conventional 12-equal pieces, recent microtonal pieces, barbershop tags and World music.
Kite Guitar originals - By various composers
- General Design Considerations
- Fret and Marker Placement
- String Gauges
- Saddle and Nut Compensation
- String Spacing
- Cents Table and Hertz Table
Theory
A theoretical exploration of 41edo scales. The 5 categories are pentatonic, diatonic, semitonal, trientonal/fretwise and microtonal.
41-equal Note Names and Key Signatures
How to name any note in any chord on any root in any key, using ups and downs.
How to name various triads and tetrads, even those not easily playable on the Kite guitar such as C~7.
Avoid large numbers and tedious mental calculations by counting kites, dots and frets.
The Kite Tuning (original announcement)
The May 2019 paper, the original announcement of the invention (16 page pdf).