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Whether G is hard or B is hard depends on whether you're going high-to-low or low-to-high, as the issue is the interval between them, so it's just a matter of w

Whether G is hard or B is hard depends on whether you're going high-to-low or low-to-high, as the issue is the interval between them, so it's just a matter of which one you're using as a known-good reference and which one you're trying to tune. There's an easier solution than taking multiple passes as you play different chords: see my other comment.

osigurdson 5y ago
Thanks. I understand your approach but what method do you use to tune the high E? I assume you mean that the low E is used to tune the high E but perhaps you pick an E on the G string for this purpose. Is there any "best" E on the low side to use as a reference?
- hunter2_ 5y ago
  You always need some point of reference to start with, or if you don't have an external reference, you can just go with anything at all. I would typically choose either of the E strings, just to be able to immediately match the other E string to it, and then go inward (up to G and down to B).
  - osigurdson 5y ago
    I tried it and it works pretty well. One thing that I noticed is I subconsciously have been tuning GBE open because it’s a pain to reach around to the tuning pegs. How does this impact things?
    - hunter2_ 4y ago
      When you play G and B open and tune them to eliminate beating, you're in pretty bad shape because you're making a "just" (integer ratio) major 3rd which is quite far from an equal temperament major 3rd. When you play B and E open and tune them to eliminate beating, you're in okay shape because you're making a "just" (integer ratio) perfect 4th which is not terribly far from an equal temperament perfect 4th. See my earlier comment [0] with all the numbers if you want to quantity "pretty bad" vs "okay". In that comment, my initial references to footnotes 3 and 4 should actually be 2 and 3, but it's too late to correct it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31145233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31145233

osigurdson 5y ago

Thanks. I understand your approach but what method do you use to tune the high E? I assume you mean that the low E is used to tune the high E but perhaps you pick an E on the G string for this purpose. Is there any "best" E on the low side to use as a reference?

hunter2_ 5y ago
You always need some point of reference to start with, or if you don't have an external reference, you can just go with anything at all. I would typically choose either of the E strings, just to be able to immediately match the other E string to it, and then go inward (up to G and down to B).
- osigurdson 5y ago
  I tried it and it works pretty well. One thing that I noticed is I subconsciously have been tuning GBE open because it’s a pain to reach around to the tuning pegs. How does this impact things?
  - hunter2_ 4y ago
    When you play G and B open and tune them to eliminate beating, you're in pretty bad shape because you're making a "just" (integer ratio) major 3rd which is quite far from an equal temperament major 3rd. When you play B and E open and tune them to eliminate beating, you're in okay shape because you're making a "just" (integer ratio) perfect 4th which is not terribly far from an equal temperament perfect 4th. See my earlier comment [0] with all the numbers if you want to quantity "pretty bad" vs "okay". In that comment, my initial references to footnotes 3 and 4 should actually be 2 and 3, but it's too late to correct it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31145233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31145233