On Wed, 16 Feb, 2005 at 12:19PM +1100, Shayne O'Connor spake thus: > LinuxMedia wrote: > > >> Well, we've had some interesting discussions on here lately about > >> tuning guitars, check the archives. I've certainly learned how to > >> improve my tuning, > > > > > > I almost passed up those conversatins, but stayed on the thread long > > enough to find the one most important peice of information that has > > (really!!!) improved my tuning... That is... tune one string with some > > tuning device (i use a pitch fork) and then tune (all other) strings > > to (that one) string that was tuned to the tuning device. That way, > > there isn't a huge deviation from the original "center" because all > > strings are being tuned from the same reference point. > > > > I understand the concept about the "A" string being "more stable" and > > therefore start with that one. But I've had luck with the "B" string > > (because I tune my guitar down a whole step and so the "B" string is > > now an "A" string and the tuning fork is an "A" note). But I've had > > great luck with this. > > > this definitely works better than whatever i was doing before (harmonics > usually) ... still, > > ... i have now got my head above the linux-audio water, only to be > king-hit by the tsunami of guitar-tuning, intonation, pickup placement > etc etc > > i probly won't be resurfacing for another week (or until i get over this > overwhelming out-of-tuneness paranioa i am now suffering - thanx > everyone, ha ha!), but i'll hopefully have a tuned version of The Sailor I can't wait! > up, along with seperate audio tracks for those of you who want to have a > go at mixing it!!! Lovely. Looking forward to it. > thanx to all and sundry for the tuning info and the kind words! > > shayne > -- "I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated Development That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you." (By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
