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The Summer of Angine de Poitrine (unattributed.cc)
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This morning I installed a music player that I am unfamiliar with, and decided that the first thing I should listen to is Angine de Poitrine Vol. 1 and Vol. II since I hadn't listened to them in a while. And then I found, by coincidence that they played the Montreal Jazz Festival last Saturday (June 27th, 2026) and broke the attendance record set by Stevie Wonder in 2009.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Any fretless instrument (bass, gtr, violin, viola, cello) is microtonal. Trombones as well.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yup, didn't even think about that when I was writing. Of course, we don't typically think of them as microtonal since we're heavily invested in 12TET in the west, and typically use those instruments in a way consistent with 12TET music.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    And yet they’re never used like that, so what’s your point?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    Not true. Jacob Collier, David Fiuczynski, Matthew Garrison, and others use microtonal notes with their guitars.

    Sam Nanton (Duke Ellington) also used a lot of microtones in his trombone solos.

    It does happen...just not very often.

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