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Pythagoras, mathematics and guitar strings
About tuning the guitar - issues other than temperament
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Welcome
Tuning the guitar (not for beginners)
On these pages you can read about the problems met when tuning the guitar. To find out about equal temperament, read Pythagoras, mathematics and guitar strings.
Tuning a guitar by using a meter, or by stopping strings on the 5th or 4th fret, or by playing harmonics, or by tempering the open string intervals, will often not solve the tuning problems encountered on the guitar :
This is because of variable physical characteristics in the guitar's setup and stringing. In about tuning the guitar you can find detailed information on these other problems not usually mentioned, or commonly mistaken for temperament issues. The pages include a practical tuning approach, for expert, aural guitar tuning :
The guitar tuning method is a tuning sequence for the guitar, that will optimize tuning by taking into account problems caused by errors in the guitar setup, and stringing issues. |
