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ok let me see if I have this right or not.
on a rack tuner for standard tuning its 440
so is flat tuning, 435 such as e flat etc? is that correct
I run a sabine 7000 rack tuner and can calibrate and all that so if you know how to work this thing explain it to me please
440hz is A above middle C. If you tune your second string to that, you should be able to tune the rest of the guitar from it by ear.
Unfortunately, frequency with regard to pitch does not go linearly, it goes logarithmically. So the difference between a full tone step at lower octaves will be different than the same full tone step at higher octaves, so trying to use frequency as a measure to tune is not as simple as basic division and multiplication.
Really, a simple $15 Korg tuner is all you need.
<a href="http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=GA40&category_id=5" target="_blank"> http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_pro … mp;categor y_id=5</a>
I have no idea what that means it sounds like stereo instructions lol all I wanna know is if tuning to 440 is standard and then what is flat tuning and what 435 is etc and explain calibrate and flat tuning etc please
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I have no idea what that means it sounds like stereo instructions lol all I wanna know is if tuning to 440 is standard and then what is flat tuning and what 435 is etc and explain calibrate and flat tuning etc please
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I guess I'm confused about what you're asking? If you're asking "What does it mean to be flat or sharp?" then to be "flat" means that the tone produced by a string is lower than the one you are trying to produce, and to be sharp is when the tone is higher than the desired tone.
Tuning A to 440 will put you at A above middle C. That's an ISO standard (ISO 16, specifically). Go find a piano keyboard, find the C in the middle, work your way up to the next A, and that's 440hz. That is where you should put your A string.
If you tune that string to some number below 440, it will be flat. 435 is flat. 445 will be sharp.
If you fret E string at the 5th fret, that will also be A, and therefore 440hz.
But I wouldn't try to pin a specific frequency on a specific tone, other than A. I'd go buy an auto tuner, and use that.
Maybe this will help - A=440 means basically means 440 vibrations per second. A440 is the 'standard' tuning used by most musicians worldwide. It simply means that the A (above middle C) will have a certain pitch (440).
Lower pitches will have fewer vibrations per second (lower number value). Higher pitches will have higher number values.
If you use A=440 as the basis for tuning your instrument, you will be 'in tune' with anybody else who uses the standard tuning.
Some tuners (like yours) can be re-calibrated. When you alter the calibration, it is like changing a speedometer on a car to always show the car's speed to be higher (or lower) than it actually is travelling.
Generally speaking, the only time you would need to alter the calibration of your tuner is if you were trying to be in tune with somebody who was not using the A440 standard tuning. In that case, you would need to determine what their A tone value is and then adjust your calibration to that value.
For real fun, learn about musical temperament:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament</a>
This article has lots of links to related subjects such as the Pythagorean Comma and other anomalies of nature/mathematics.
thanks jerome that answered my question makes sense thank you
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