Charles writes: <<What is the temperament of a guitar? As I understand it, the strings are tuned to each other in perfect intervals, so it can't be equal temperament. <, Greetings, If the four lower strings are tuned in perfect fourths, there will be no way to tune the B string so that it form both an acceptable third with the G string and a fourth with the E. The guitar has to be tuned with wide fourths between the lowest four strings, this allows the high E to be flat enough so that the B string can find a happy place between the G and E. Regards, Ed Foote RPT
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