Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu
Since 2008, I’ve dedicated my life to the microtonal guitar and try to create awareness about microtonal music which was a very marginal genre in 2008.
I need a SPONSOR for a small building in Europe for the Microtonal Guitar Institute.
If you’d like to support my work, you can join me on Patreon: patreon.com/microtonalguitar
My name is Tolgahan Çoğulu. I am a guitar professor at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory. Here are my guitar designs:
ADJUSTABLE microtonal guitar in 2008
LEGO microtonal guitar in 2020 with my son Atlas Çoğulu and Ruşen Can Acet
AUTOMATIC microtonal guitar in 2021 with Selçuk Keser
Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu
We will be performing at “Untwelving: Microtonal Music Festival”in Munich on 22-24 May.
22-24 Mayıs’ta Münih’te düzenlenecek “Untwelving: Microtonal Music Festival”e katılıyoruz. Konserimiz ve seminerimiz olacak.
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The deadline for applications for the 10th International Microtonal Guitar Competition, organized by the ITU Turkish Music State Conservatory and the Microtonal Guitar Institute with support from the ITU Development Foundation, is May 27, 2026.
The event, organized by ITU faculty member Prof. Dr. Tolgahan Çoğulu since 2016 and marking the world's first microtonal guitar competition, has given awards for 33 compositions and 38 arrangements. The competition is held in two categories: compositions and arrangements including the microtonal guitar.
Competition jury:
Bekir Küçükay, Fernando Perez, Golfam Khayam
John Schneider, Jürgen Ruck, Mak Grgic
Marek Pasieczny, Rich Perks, Safa Yeprem
Stephen Goss, Tolgahan Çoğulu, Tufan Kurdoğlu
For competition application requirements, please visit our website: www.microtonalguitar.org/10th-2026
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Guitarist @matteo_di_gioia came all the way from Milano to Bologna to get my method 😍
İtalyan gitarist Matteo di Gioia gitar metodumu almak için Milano’dan Bologna’ya geldi 😍
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With the legendary guitarist John Williams
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My best friend to play Turkish makam music on the train
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In the last 9 years, we received beautiful pieces from Iranian composers and guitarists for the International Microtonal Guitar Competition.
We hope they are safe in Iran. Stop all the wars!
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King Gizzard Suite, 3rd mvt, Nuclear Fusion. Scores in my method.
Arrangement: Tolgahan Çoğulu
SCORES, FRETS and METHOD: microtonalguitar.org
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İsviçre’de Neuchatel Konservatuarı sınav repertuarına alınan Hüseyni etüdümü çalmak için gitarınıza 3 küçük perde eklemeniz yeterli.
To play my Hüseyni etude, which is included in the exam repertoire of the Neuchatel Conservatory in Switzerland, all you need to do is adding 3 small frets to your guitars fretboard.
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Hüseyni etüdümü İsviçre’de Neuchatel Konservatuarı sınav repertuarında görmek beni çok mutlu etti.
I am happy to see my Hüseyni etude included in the exam repertoire of the Neuchatel Conservatory in Switzerland.
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Well Temperament vs Equal Temperament
Microtonal guitar vs Classical guitar
Music: Allemande by Bach (BWV 996 Lute Suite)
Guitarist: Yusuf Purde
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