{"id":19279,"date":"2019-06-21T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&p=19279"},"modified":"2020-07-07T12:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T12:41:39","slug":"microtonal-music-with-david-fuze-fiuczynski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/microtonal-music-with-david-fuze-fiuczynski\/","title":{"rendered":"Microtonal Music with David \u2018Fuze\u2019 Fiuczynski"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western and non-western civilizations across the globe contain a plethora of various genres of music. Although these cultures aren\u2019t universally on the same page \u2013 music is the universal language.<\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be out of the ordinary to assume that most musicians today understand the functions of basic diatonic musical scales. But what about the notes\u2026 between the notes? Today, we are understanding Microtonal Music with Dave \u2018Fuze\u2019 Fiuczynski.<\/p>\n

David \u2018Fuze\u2019 Fiuczynski<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Living in Massachusetts as a professor of music at the Berklee School of Music, David \u2018Fuze\u2019 Fiuczynski is well-known in the contemporary jazz world as \u201ca jazz musician who doesn\u2019t want to play just jazz.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the leader of the band Screaming Headless Torsos, KiF, and a member of Hasidic New Wave, Fiuczynski has wildly explored many genres of music.<\/span><\/p>\n

His explorations have landed him gigs with musicians such as former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara, Dennis Chambers, Rudresh Manhanthappa, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike many guitarists, David \u2018Fuze\u2019 Fiuczynski has turned guitar playing upside down experimenting in various tunings and blending genres of music such as rock, jazz, funk, Semitic, African, and Middle Eastern styles. Thus, the exploration of microtonal music. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similar – <\/b>Backward and Upside-Down in E-Flat feat. Eric Gales<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Notes Between the Notes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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To break down microtonal music or systems in the easiest way possible is simply described as the notes between the notes. This is music that strays away from traditional 12-tone equal temperament (12 TET) in Western Music. <\/span><\/p>\n

The common musician would be more attuned to the use of \u2018semi-tones,\u2019 or half-step intervals. Microtones are smaller intervals than that of semi-tones. Which is why they are also known as quarter tones or \u2018micro-intervals.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of microtones is presented heavily in traditional Indian styles of music for instance. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example of Raga, a melodic framework used for improvisation using microtonal inflections:<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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