14 Feb
2005
14 Feb
'05
2:28 p.m.
Brett W. McCoy said:
Steve D wrote:
I have found that tuning to E works best. Of course I also intonated my
guitar to the buzz fieten offsets.
So I tune the first string to whatever instrument I need to be in tune
with (my piano works good). Then tune B to E at 5, G to E at 9, D to E at
14, A to E at 7, and E to E either at 0 or 12. I think this results in
better tuning than the harmonic 5/7 that I used to use.
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.