On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 02:16, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > I think this is called "well tempered tuning". > > I know what well tempered tuning is, where it comes from, why > we need it and that most popular instruments are tuned in > this way. Most instruments these days are tuned to 12tET (12 tone Equal Temperament). > But what I do not know: Do guitarists tune the six strings in > pure tuning, or do they add some aberration to make them > tempered? If you tuned a guitar to a pure tuning, assuming EADGBE, you'd only be able to play with one chord in one key. Or maybe I IV V in one key. bye John
