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Herbythefornicationbug · 06-08-2013, 12:54 PM

I am trying to compose music in the Arabic scale. Now for those familiar with Middle-Eastern music, it uses a 24-note system. This is the regular Western 12-tone system but with exactly 12 other notes exactly in between each Western tone.

If D-flat is the 1st and 2nd valves fully depressed on the trumpet, then would D-flat-flat (quarter tone between C and D-flat) be the 1st and 2nd valves halfway depressed? Or is it not that simple?

Also, if I rig my guitar with extra struts to affect the 24-tone system, where would those struts need to be constructed? Not exactly half-way between the two main struts, I imagine. Perhaps 2/3 of the way?

Thank you.

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Herbythefornicationbug Groupie Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2	How do you play a quarter-tone on a trumpet? I am trying to compose music in the Arabic scale. Now for those familiar with Middle-Eastern music, it uses a 24-note system. This is the regular Western 12-tone system but with exactly 12 other notes exactly in between each Western tone. If D-flat is the 1st and 2nd valves fully depressed on the trumpet, then would D-flat-flat (quarter tone between C and D-flat) be the 1st and 2nd valves halfway depressed? Or is it not that simple? Also, if I rig my guitar with extra struts to affect the 24-tone system, where would those struts need to be constructed? Not exactly half-way between the two main struts, I imagine. Perhaps 2/3 of the way? Thank you.