temperament

[D.Martens]

Hi Ed ,Charles , Johan and List.

Ed, you're correct when you're saying the G should be tuned sharp instead of
tuned flat (Like I said) , to make the G-B Major third sound pure. I used
the wrong word, sorry if it confused anyone.

What I intended to say is, is that a PURE G-B majord third sounds nice
within an open E major chord (and all barres of this type), especially with
distortion or overdrive.

Note that on electric guitars is an adjustable string lenght on the guitar's
bridge, which in some cases can help solve the ET problem and  some other
tuning problems.

Johan wrote :>>Heavy guitarist tunes very pure so they can  ruin it thrue
distortion (funny isn't it)<<
Yes, 'destruction' might indeed be a more appropriate term.

Try tuning flagiolettes with distortion on...it enhances the beat very
clearly.

Duncan.
-----Original Message-----
From: A440A@aol.com <A440A@aol.com>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: temperament


>Duncan writes:
>
><<When playing hardrock or heavy metal, it sounds nice to have the Gstring
>
>tuned a little flat, so it makes a pure major third  with the Bstring, when
>
>playing the 'openchord- type -Emajor.'>>
>
>Greetings,
>   I don't understand this.  Flattening the G string widens the G-B third
>from where it already is.
>??
>Ed Foote
>
>