Oscar, If you do it by ear, you are likely to get it sounding good in G, bad in C
Why don't you do it accurately using your tuning meter Its very quick and easy and works absolutely perfectly You don't have to get it spot on The theory and the data can be found in my paper "Tuning and Temperament" You can find it at http://www.hurdygurdy.org/resources.html The basic adjustments in cents relative to equal temperament for a G string are G 0 Ab +12 A +4 Bb +16 B -14 C -2 C# -10 D +2 Eb +14 E -16 F -4 F# -12 G 0 It works the same in D but use the keyboard note positions not the pitches In other words the first top row key is Ab +12 whatever the tuning Your HG will sound very sweet in common major and minor keys G, C, D etc You get rich 3rds, clean 5ths and woundefully sad minor 3rds Your drones will just melt into the tune You will have temperament issues playing in more remote keys Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: Oscar Picazo Ruiz To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: [HG] B key tuning Hello again, I was adjusting tangents to get just intonation, you know using drones/trompettes and thirds, fourths, fifths by ear. For the G string, low B key and G or D drone the sound was good (I had to turn the tangent a bit down), but when using the C drone, that B sounds terrible!. With the high B the effect is almost not heard, but with the low one is like having a drone out of tune, you can hear the oscillation a lot. Any tricks? I will follow the tuner again to see if I find a balance... Thanks a lot, Oscar.
