Hi,
I read and enjoyed Duffin's book, particularly the discussions about how
many 19th century tuners and performers claimed they used equal temperament,
but actually used their own special flavours of unequal (and that accurate
equal temperament only became common on keyboards in 1915 or so).
Hi,
I haven't read Duffin's book, but I can appreciate how people imagine
they're using equal temperament when they aren't.
Good guitarists, despite the fact that their frets are evenly
spaced, will tweak their tuning before they start performing a piece,
to ensure than the
Hear hear!:-)
Arto
On 24/01/12 13:39, William Samson wrote:
Hi,
I haven't read Duffin's book, but I can appreciate how people imagine
they're using equal temperament when they aren't.
Good guitarists, despite the fact that their frets are evenly
spaced, will tweak
Since I teach guitar, like many others on this list, I have developed
an easy method for tempering the tuning, and an explanation to go along
with it. I get an 'A' from some reliable source and tune the 5th
string as a natural harmonic at the 5th fret. I match and double-check
On 24 January 2012 12:39, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Good guitarists, despite the fact that their frets are evenly
..
the performer rather than any theory of intervals.
As Tommy Emmanuel said after tuning in last Sunday's concert: Good
enough for jazz!
David
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On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Philip Soren wrote:
I am about to move to China for 18 months for business. This is
entirely too much time to be without my Renaissance lute.
After calling both airlines and both airports that I will use to
leave
the country, the procedure
Wonderful costumes! Looks like a splendid time.
On Apr 15, 2011, at 7:57 PM, Bernd Haegemann wrote:
I just added some photos of 2 events to our site:
Nightly renaissance dances in the remains of the old castle of Brussels
(where St. Luc was storing his wine bottles)
This won't work with most children guitars (and their strings) I know :-)
I tune in octaves in the first position, that's where they play, anyway.
Regards
Stephan
Am 24.01.2012, 13:18 Uhr, schrieb Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com:
Since I teach guitar, like many others on this list, I
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