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- From: indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (indigo)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: Harmonics
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 05:45:47 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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- In <1k23i5INNk3l@network.ucsd.edu> mbreen@sdacs.ucsd.edu (Michael Breen) writes:
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- >In article <1jq01aINN8e0@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Adam Schneider) writes:
- >>
- >[original post re: harmonics removed]
- >>
- >>The problem, of course, is that you can't
- >>match a harmonic on your G string to one on your B string,
- >[and the rest of Adam's post shamelessly hacked into oblivion]
-
- >Oh yeah you can! Here's the harmonics that should be the same on the G and
- >B strings: 4th fret G 5th fret B (and 7th fret E), they're all Es.
- >Much easier to hear on an electric, but I even tune my acoustic this way.
-
- NO NO NO! The 4th fret harmonic (and the 9th fret harmonic) should NOT be
- used to tune your guitar! The 4th and 9th fret harmonics actually have the
- same frequency, and this frequency is one-fifth the frequency of the open
- string. THIS IS NOT A NOTE! On the G string, it's _close_ to B, but
- slightly below it. The G string is 784 Hz, B is 988 Hz, and that harmonic
- is (or at least sounds like it is) 980 Hz. So if you use this harmonic to
- tune your guitar, you'll be 9 Hz off.
-
- Adam
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- Adam Schneider indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu U.C. Santa Cruz
- Your actions will follow you full circle 'round...
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