Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] in tune - stupid thread
From: John Anderson (ardour_AT_semiosix.com)
Date: Mon Dec 20 2004 - 08:29:02 EET
On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 02:16, Christoph Eckert wrote:
> > 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.
Most instruments these days are tuned to 12tET (12 tone Equal
Temperament).
> 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
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