In Popular Music
The Japanese multi-instrumentalist and experimental musical instrument builder Yuichi Onoue developed a 24-TET quarter tone tuning on his guitar. Norwegian guitarist Ronni Le Tekro of the band TNT used a quarter-step guitar on the band's third studio album, Intuition.
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—Anonymous. Popular saying.
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