SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT (Transcendent Tonality)

Traditional Negro spiritual taken to a new dimension, i.e. that of 31 tone equal temperament a 500 year old tuning system containing both common and very uncommon tonal sonorities. . Played on a 31 tone 9 string guitar built by Sword Guitars. Song arranged and performed by Stephen James Taylor within the paradigm of “Transcendent Tonality“, an emerging term that encompasses microtonality. For more info go to or