Re: [linux-audio-user] tuning

From: Brett W. McCoy <idragosani@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 20:28:08 EET

Steve D wrote:

> 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.

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