I notice that sometimes when I pick up one of my instruments it sounds very much in tune and "musical". This is never the product of having just tuned up with a tuner but I'm guessing that the instrument slipped into some type of tempered tuning. A happy accident.
For example on guitar bluegrassers will often tune their B string a bit flat especially when playing out of G position. Do any of you use a tempered tuning on your mandolin? Have you noticed a "formula" that seems to work in particular keys? Why do the old blues players sound so good yet sometimes out of tune to our modern ears? Here's an interesting article related to this. http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/just-desserts/Nov-05/15212 The article refers to among other things sliding in and out of certain intervals... Sound familiar? :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
