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- From: Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick@lbl.gov>
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- Subject: Re: Harmonics
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 20:23:40 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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- In article <1jq01aINN8e0@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> Adam Schneider,
- indigo@ucscb.UCSC.EDU writes:
- >Tuning by harmonics is a zillion times easier than tuning normally,
- because
- >you're essentially dealing with sine waves, which make "beats" when
- they're
- >slightly off from each other. The problem, of course, is that you can't
- >match a harmonic on your G string to one on your B string, so I do a 7th
- >fret harmonic on the G string and then I pluck the 10th fret on the high
- E
-
- I guess I gotta get into this too. According to what I've read, tuning
- by harmonics, although easier because you can hear the beats, is
- inaccurate. I may be on shaky ground here, but as I remember, the reason
- has something to do with tempered tuning; ie the harmonics are always
- slightly off from the fretted notes (except at fret 12?). If you
- concentrate, though, you can hear the beats from an out-of-tune 4th (or
- 3rd) interval, so that if you work at it, you can tune the guitar playing
- only the open strings. Most accurate way is using a tuner, though.
-