Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] guitar tuner ?
From: Krzys Majewski (majewski_AT_cs.ubc.ca)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 18:39:11 EEST
Sounds good, but I don't have a tuning fork, so I was hoping to
download one..
-chris
Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings_AT_folkwang-hochschule.de> writes:
> [off-topic]
>
> Krzys Majewski wrote:
> >
> > Anyone got a guitar tuner that works? I'm actually going to use it for
> > an electric bass.
>
> yeah, i got a good one. dead cheap, needs no batteries and very
> precise. it's called Ears(tm).
>
> seriously, unless you need one to tune on a noisy stage, you're much
> better off with your ears and a pitchfork.
> strike the fork and hold it over the pickup, it will give you a nice
> loud a', which you can compare to the overtone in the 12th fret of
> the a string. listen for beats and turn until they disappear. for
> the other strings, compare 5th fret overtone on lower string with
> 7th fret overtone on upper string. the notes will sustain when you
> take your fingers off the fretboard, and you can again tune until
> the beats disappear.
>
> as to precision: when tuning with beats, you can get results as
> precise as the beat frequency in hertz.
>
> regards,
>
> jörn
>
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