Microtonalguitar

9 videos of the winners

Dear Friends,

I hope you are having a great summer.

I am going to Sinop, north of Turkey tomorrow and work on the microtonal guitar method there.

On my channel, you can see your names below new 9 videos of competition as the supporters.

Thanks a lot!

Tolgahan

5th Competition and Your Names

Dear Friends,

I've just made the awards ceremony today and start sharing the videos of the winners.

As you are sponsoring the free frets for the competition, please find your names below each of the 9 videos that will be uploaded in a month. The first one comes tomorrow.

All the best,

Tolga

A Dream come True! - Check out your names!

Dear Friends,

Finally, I've shared the first prototype. The main sponsor was Istanbul Technical University but when our fund had finished, I covered a few expenses with your supports.

You can check your names below the video.

Thanks a lot! I hope we will find a big sponsor to complete this guitar.

Tolgahan

News about the Automatic Microtonal Guitar

Dear Friends,

I am so happy to write you that I am planning to share the 1-string prototype of the automatic microtonal guitar on 16th May Sunday.

I am editing the video. 

So excited!

Take care,

Tolgahan

New video from our album

Dear Friends,

Here is the 2nd video clip from our new album.

Hope you enjoy it.

Tolgahan

Some Frets are FRETLESS Guitar

Dear Friends,

I am so excited to play maybe the world's first "Some Frets are Fretless" Guitar. We are still preserving the timbre of the classical guitar except the fretless frets. Thanks a lot to Simon the Magpie who inspired us back about this idea. On the video I played a Rast taksim by Murat Aydemir.

Hope you enjoy it,

Tolgahan

Zoom Meeting Link - 21st March 20:00 Istanbul Time

Dear Friends,

Here is the link for tonight's meeting:

Atlas Ç. is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Atlas Ç.'s Zoom Meeting

Time: Mar 21, 2021 08:00 PM Istanbul

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72248778412?pwd=VStVeEYrNTNuMGwwV09pNGJQM2JBZz09

Meeting ID: 722 4877 8412

Pass...

Zoom Meeting with Patreons on 21st March Sunday

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well.

We are 36 people here and I'd like to know you more, answer your questions and have a friendly chat. Therefore, I am inviting you to a Zoom meeting on 21st of March at 20:00 Istanbul time. I hope some of you can attend.

I will send the Zoom link here in the afternoon of 21st March Sunday.

See you!

Tolga

Sunday Video

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well.

I can't believe that it's been almost a year since the corona had begun. It is hard to maintain our mental balance.

I hope you will like this Sunday video.

Stay safe!

Tolgahan

5th Microtonal Guitar Competition and Free Frets thanks to you

Dear Friends,

Hello from rainy Istanbul. Until now, it has been warm and sunny here. I think climate change is not a myth :)

Here is the announcement of the new competition. I am going to share it in a few minutes. Your names are below the video.

Thanks to your support I got 500 frets and will send it to anyone who wants. I already asked you here and sent the frets 2 weeks ago. I hope they will arrive soon as a new year present :)

Stay safe!

Tolgahan

New Video with Your Names On!

Dear Friends,

Here is a 2-minute long video I've given 3 months of work and 30-years of guitar and music experience. As a way of appreciation to your great support, check out the ending. I hope this video will be watched millions in the long-term and your names and support will take its place in history.

All the best from Istanbul,

Tolgahan

Your names are on the upcoming video

Dear Friends,

As a way to thank you, I decided to include your names at the end of my upcoming video: 10 Levels of Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım.

I've been working on this video for 3 months and it is only 2 minutes long.

I am happy with the result. 

I am planning to include your names more on my videos as your support supports my many projects such as research and development for new designs, professinoal video clips, buying frets and posting them etc.

Thanks as...

Anyone needs free frets?

Dear Friends,

In early December I will announce the 5th microtonal guitar competition and tell everyone that thanks to my Patreon supporters I will send 3 free frets to anyone who sends me their postal addresses. 

I thought it would be more than fair to ask you first.

Please send me your postal addresses so I can send you the frets in December.

Best wishes and stay safe.

Covid is getting so worse in Istanbul :(

Tolgahan

We are in the FINALS!

Dear Friends,

Lego Microtonal Guitar has been selected as a finalist among more than 100 instruments at the 2021 Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition organized by Georgia Tech. You can support us through this link. 

Hope you are all well,

Tolga

Early Access for You

Dear Friends,

Here is my upcoming video. I hope you like it. Please don't share it until I share it in a few days. The story of the video is below the video. Let me know your thoughts.

Best wishes,

Tolgahan

New Frets, 2 Lego Guitars and Automatic Guitar

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well.

2 updates on my private life: After 7 years, I moved out of the university residence and settled in the Asian side of Istanbul. After the rector change, my vice-director position has ended as well.

That means I can have more time to create, learn and perform. We will see...

Thanks to your support, I ordered 500 fretlets as you can see in the image for free distribution for the 5th competition.

Again thanks to your support, I...

300th Video Evaluation

 Dear Friends,

As I reached 300 video and approaching the age of 42, I’ve decided to make a concise evaluation. I’ve always liked statistical information as I’ve been writing diary for 30 years. Many thanks to the great musicians that I’ve collaborated. Such a big family we have become. Here are the subcategories for 300 videos:

59 Solo Videos (14 classical guitar, 41 microtonal guitar, 2 stick guitar, 2 Lego guitar) (composers who wrote pieces for me for solo microto...

Normalization and New Video

Dear Friends,

As soon as normalization starts during Corona era in Turkey, I visited my dear friend Volkan Gümüşlü. This is the first adjustable microtonal guitar and viola duo since I designed the fretboard in 2008. We played Hüzzam Saz Semaisi by Refik Fersan (1893-1965). 

Hope you are all safe!

Tolga

Back to normal life, my son's channel, concert cancellations

Dear Friends,

This weekend I have seen my parents and parents-in-law after 3 months and I started going to uni last week. These are the signs of normality in Turkey. I hope it is not too early. I hope you are all doing well in your own countries.

During Corona, I've found a channel for my son:

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCahVGlY1rNBURGjJHoCoqng 

We would be ...

Documentary!

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all doing well during the Corona period.

Here is a 12-minute long video of the festival. Hope you like it!

Tolga 

My Favourite Video Series

Dear Friends,

 I think this is the video series that makes me happiest. We've reached 111 videos. 

I hope you are all staying safe. I am all day home, playing, reading and watching :)

Warmest wishes from Istanbul,

Tolga

Second Home Video on Corona Days

Dear Friends,

I hope everybody is doing well at home. I tried to be sane by reading, playing and recording. Here is one more home video. Hope you like it!

Cheers from Istanbul,

Tolgahan

King Gizzard Medley coming soon!

Dear Friends,

In these difficult times, I focused on playing  two more new arrangements by King Gizzard: The Book and Nuclear Fusion. Brilliant arrangements by Matthew Ng.

My idea is to play a medley in this order:

Nuclear Fusion

The Book

Billabong Valley

Sleep Drifter

I am planning to play this on the Lego guitar.

Stay safe!

Tolga

First Video on Corona Days!

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all well in this difficult times for the world.

I tried my best to avoid social media and news and try to create. Here is a video I shot at home. Hope you like it.

Stay safe!

Tolga

New pieces during Corona days and New video

Dear Friends,

Here is my latest video I recorded before the schools had been closed. I hope you like it.

During the Corona days, I am planning to record these pieces:

-Cypriot tune on Lego guitar

-Nicola Vicentino's madrigal arrangement for the microtonal guitar

-Ölürsem Yazıktır - Turkish maqam tune in Hüzzam makam

-Aşık Veysel arrangement

-Celil Refik Kaya's arrangement 

Hope you are all well.

Stay safe at home.

Cheers,...

Upcoming 2nd video of Lego Guitar

Dear Friends,

The first video of Lego Microtonal Guitar hits 900000 on YouTube. Today I worked on the 2nd video entitled "Scales on Lego Microtonal Guitar". Our middle school student plays 20 different scales in C, both modes and microtonal scales.

Hope it will be great.

Cheers,

Tolga

Going viral :)

Dear Friends,

So happy that the video has reached 700000 views. Thanks for your support! No need to remind you that I spent a lot money for this project with your support.

Cheers,

Tolga

Finally it is ready: Lego Microtonal Guitar

Dear Friends,

After 2-year-long intensive work and numerous trials, here is the Lego Microtonal Guitar.  Hope you like it!

Tolga

Your names on my posts

Dear Friends,

Thanks to your support, today i sent 87 people 3 frets. I wrote your names on Instagram and Facebook.

cheers 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Your names on the upcoming competition video

Dear Friends,

I will send free frets for the 4th competition and I thanked and listed some of your names (Patreons who support 2$ and more).

Like last year, on my Facebook announcement I will list all my Patreons who are 30 people at the moment.

Thanks a lot!

Tolga