On Monday 20 December 2004 01:29 am, John Anderson wrote: > 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. > That never stopped anybody ;) > bye > John
