Last Monday 20 December 2004 13:12, geekery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx was like: > Okay, sorry for this just had to bite as most guitarists are taught dodgy > tuning methods... This one is for equal temperament, which you have to use > because you have frets in a fixed position. Bear in mind that the > intonation on your guitar has to be in for this to work (check the harmonic > at the 12th fret with the fretted note there, they should be exactly the > same) : > > 1 get your A string in tune from a piano, pitchfork, whatever... A is a > good oneto start with because the peg is a little bit protected and it is > the standard tuning note. > > 2 tune the low E by comparing the 5th fret on the E with the open A > > 3 tune the D by comparing the 12th fret harmonic on the A with the 7th fret > on the D string > > 4 tune the G by comparing the 12th fret harmonic on the A with the the 2nd > fret on the G string > > 5 tune the B by comparing the 5th fret harmonic on the A with the 10th fret > on the B string > > 6 tune the top E by comparing the 5th fret harmonic on the A with the 5th > fret on the top E string > > The rationale for all this is first that you are tuning everything off of > the same string so you don't get compound error from tuning every string > from the pitch of the last one tuned (A from 5th on E, D from 5th on A, > etc) and secondly the harmonics which produce octaves should be perfectly > in tune whereas the 5ths are out in terms of equal temperament. > > The only problem is getting to the pegs with your right hand while fretting > with your left quick enough before the harmonics die out... Thanks, I'll try that :-) tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
