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do you know how to tune using harmonics? if not, learn it, it is accurate and geeky

• the_cat_kittles 9y ago
  believe it or not, its not that accurate because of the imperfect tuning ratios of even tempered scale. i think checking 4ths and 5ths of adjacent strings is really the way to go, since those are the ones that sound really bad when out of tune. if you really want to get in to the weeds of tuning on a guitar, martin taylor touches on some more of the complexities here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3mcHixAKM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3mcHixAKM
• jws 9y ago
  Accurate. Too accurate. You end up with your strings in perfect 4ths instead of equal tempered fourths. That’s just under 2 cents off, but if you tuned all adjacent pairs it adds up. Be careful not to train your ears to hear the difference. Guitars playing chords are maddening collections of compromises and you will find yourself spiraling into sweetened tunings and fiddling with intonation instead of playing and enjoying music. Someday when you are adjusting your microtonal frets between songs, remember I warned you.
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