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1. Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college. 2. And maybe the Guitar. I'll start by learning to tune it first, which was the reason it's gathering dus

1. Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college. 2. And maybe the Guitar. I'll start by learning to tune it first, which was the reason it's gathering dust in the first place.

dag 18y ago
Guitar string frequencies are 82 Hz, 110 Hz, 147 Hz, 196 Hz, 247 Hz, and 330 Hz. Generate each frequency and twist the knobs until you can no longer hear a beat frequency. Or buy a tuner. If the strings are hard to keep in tune you will want to replace them. In that case google "change guitar strings". Then you search "smoke on the water tab", and you should be good from there.
- chett 18y ago
  Good advice. When buying a tuner look for a "chromatic" meaning it can tune ALL frequencies (within a certain range) no more than $40. This will give you more flexibility down the road. String names from high (the skinny one) to low are E B G D A E. And your first string change will probably be awful. Leave extra room and try to keep the winds even. Good Luck!
  - icey 18y ago
    Along the lines of the first string change; don't try to tune the strings until they're all on and in the general vicinity of the correct tension. It takes some practice until you realize you really have to tune all six strings at once until everything is tuned approximately right. Then you can fine tune on a string-by-string basis.
tokenadult 18y ago
"Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college." I don't know how statistics was taught to you in college, but I find http://statland.org/MAAFIXED.PDF http://statland.org/MAAFIXED.PDF a very inspiring article about how statistics ought to be taught, and it includes recommendations of better textbooks, some of which are quite readable for self-study. Here's another good critique of how college statistics courses are usually taught: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=uclastat/cts/tise http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10...
nonrecursive 18y ago
If you have a mac search for "tuna pitch", it's a decent free guitar tuner

1. Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college. 2. And maybe the Guitar. I'll start by learning to tune it first, which was the reason it's gathering dust in the first place.

dag 18y ago

Guitar string frequencies are 82 Hz, 110 Hz, 147 Hz, 196 Hz, 247 Hz, and 330 Hz. Generate each frequency and twist the knobs until you can no longer hear a beat frequency. Or buy a tuner. If the strings are hard to keep in tune you will want to replace them. In that case google "change guitar strings". Then you search "smoke on the water tab", and you should be good from there.

chett 18y ago
Good advice. When buying a tuner look for a "chromatic" meaning it can tune ALL frequencies (within a certain range) no more than $40. This will give you more flexibility down the road. String names from high (the skinny one) to low are E B G D A E. And your first string change will probably be awful. Leave extra room and try to keep the winds even. Good Luck!
- icey 18y ago
  Along the lines of the first string change; don't try to tune the strings until they're all on and in the general vicinity of the correct tension. It takes some practice until you realize you really have to tune all six strings at once until everything is tuned approximately right. Then you can fine tune on a string-by-string basis.

tokenadult 18y ago

"Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college." I don't know how statistics was taught to you in college, but I find http://statland.org/MAAFIXED.PDF http://statland.org/MAAFIXED.PDF a very inspiring article about how statistics ought to be taught, and it includes recommendations of better textbooks, some of which are quite readable for self-study. Here's another good critique of how college statistics courses are usually taught: http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=uclastat/cts/tise http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10...

nonrecursive 18y ago

If you have a mac search for "tuna pitch", it's a decent free guitar tuner