>One of my exercises, in learning to tune by ear, is to tune the 1st course >to the 6th course (two octaves). > >At 5 cents of error, the beat rate is so slow that there are only one or >two beats before the 1st course dies away. Also, the first course is very >sensitive to movement of the peg. So it is not easy to consistently get 0 >cents of error. This morning I averaged 1.4 cents over 10 tries. > >Elimination of sympathetic vibration helps. To eliminate all the extra >Gs, I mute one string of the 6th G course, and both strings of the 5th C >course (the 2nd harmonic of C is G). > >Also, the 2nd harmonic of G is D, so you could also mute the D courses. > >Mutes can be made of wedges cut from clothespins, rubber bands, and glue.
Or use your fingers to mute. -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
