John Check wrote: >On Sunday 19 December 2004 04:29 pm, John Anderson wrote: > > >>On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 18:55, Russell Hanaghan wrote: >> >> >>>Fact is, it is impossible to tune an acoustic guitar >>>"perfectly"...Invariably, when you have it tuned so an open G chord >>>sounds spot on, an open A or even C will be a tad off. And the same >>>applies to the inverse of course. This all due to a general lack of >>>adjustment for intonation on acoustic axes. >>> >>> >>Actually, even guitars with adjustable bridge saddles won't be perfectly >>in tune with themselves, except for octaves, 4ths and fifths which are >>close enough that one can't really hear the difference. This is because >>the frets are in the wrong place in relation to the overtone series >>(pl). This applies to any instrument that has fixed notes (piano springs >>to mind), and which use the 12-tone equal temperament tuning. >> >>It's a long story, so I won't go into detail. Google for Just Intonation >>if you want to know more. It sheds a different light on various >>questions like, where *is* that confounded blue note? Why do major >>chords sound crap on overdrive? What's the deal with barbershop and >>string quartets? Why is D minor the saddest key? If I tune the B string >> >> > >"It's sort of a Mach Piece.. simple lines intertwining.." >"It's pretty. What's it called?" >"this 'un here is called Lick My Love Pump" > >Great movie. > > Agreed! That's one of my fav scenes in that movie. I think I'm a Nigel groupie! :) > > >>by ear to the G string, why is it out of tune with the E string? >> >>Well, that's quite enough provocative questions for one post ;-) >> >>bye >>John >> >> > > >
