21 Dec
2004
21 Dec
'04
3:24 a.m.
On Monday 20 December 2004 01:29 am, John Anderson wrote:
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 02:16, Christoph Eckert wrote:
Most instruments these days are tuned to 12tET (12 tone Equal
Temperament).
That never stopped anybody ;)
I think
this is called "well tempered tuning".
I know what well tempered tuning is, where it comes from, why
we need it and that most popular instruments are tuned in
this way. But what I do not know: Do guitarists tune the
six strings in
pure tuning, or do they add some aberration to make them
tempered?
If you tuned a guitar to a pure tuning, assuming EADGBE, you'd only be
able to play with one chord in one key. Or maybe I IV V in one key.
bye
John