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- From: napier@cs.ucsd.edu (Jim Napier)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: was fret positions, now decimal places
- Message-ID: <2257@deadmin.ucsd.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 20:51:08 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.104253.725@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> <1992Nov12.180854.2730@athena.mit.edu>
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- Organization: AMES Dept., UC San Diego
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- It seems to me the real answer to how accurate fret placement needs to be is
- how discerning the human ear is. A slightly misplaced fret will result in
- a different string length than expected when the string is fretted and thus
- a different frequency will result. But just how much of a frequency change
- is necessary for the human ear to pick up the change in pitch? My guess is
- that the margin for error is pretty large compared to some of the tolerances
- I've seen mentioned in this thread. If this were not true it would be impossible
- for a handmade instrument to be tonally accurate given the accuracy of the
- tools used. And of course handmade instruments are tonally every bit as accurate
- as those built with modern machinery.
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- Jim Napier
- Systems Administration
- Applied Mechanics & Engineering Sciences Dept.
- UC San Diego
- (619)534-5414
- napier@ames.ucsd.edu
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- "Shut up before I have to tell you to shut up."
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