Re: [scots-l] Tuning and Electronic Tuners

[Carla and Bob Rogers]

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From: SUZANNE MACDONALD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> tone..." I often disagree with what an electric tuner says is in tune

i bought a really fancy electronic tuner to help tune whistes. i used it for
my guitar one day, and my (now) wife (the violinist) says, "that second
string is flat." i turn it up a hair and she says "that's good". i check the
tuner and it still says it's in tune.

moral of the story: at the $100 level, a good ear tunes better than a tuner.

now that i've started working with the fiddle, a mediocre ear is as good as
the tuner, too, for intervals, at least.

bob
south carolina

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