14 Feb
2005
14 Feb
'05
1:27 p.m.
Steve D wrote:
Guitar frets are positioned to produce an
equal-tempered chromatic
scale, aren't they? (I play piano, not guitar.) So if one tunes a guitar
using harmonics, couldn't one check the result by comparing the same
note produced by fret?
Yes, and in fact one should. A guitar that does have the intonation set
properly can produce harmonics that are not in tune with fretted notes.
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