LIVE ROCK CRITIC 47
Sunday 15 November 2015
LIVE ROCK CRITIC 46
LIVE ROCK CRITIC 46
Hello, this is Russ Russ from Keith Martain Mpy channel on you-tube. I am a Collard Creation. (Also a channel). There, that over with just call me Russ.
Russ says: Conrad Black I would like to talk to you about tuning stringed instruments.
Can come back, The most common would be guitar but electric guitar and
Bye the Bye, bass is the primary focus of this post.
So can I.
Before the advent of electronic tuners tuning with tuning forks, pitch pipes and keyboards was difficult. Lindon Collard the previous Live Rock Critic recalled being required to sound an accurate tuning note on harmonica in live performance situations.
There are many digital electronic tuners available today. I still use an old Korg GT20 tuner which was inexpensive.
I have found that the warmth of fingers and stretching caused by fingering and picking will lengthen strings just slightly and lower pitch so it is not correct to A 440 cps.
The use of lowered tunings has always perplexed me as I think that not tuning to concert pitch reduces "sparkle" and will train the ear other than to perfect pitch.
If you find yourself always slinging the guitar with your finger tips or bending a little to hear sound which is right on, your pitch is probably low.
When I am tuning I allow a slightly higher pitch than indicated, a just flashing red on the Korg GT 20. I am not sure exactly how other electronic tuners could be used, but tuning slightly high and then checking the tuning on the guitar after a period of play could determine whether or not the process was effective or desirable.
If you are interested click on my video link just below.
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