<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm a guitar teacher and tune alot guitars.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not a guitarist but I play with = some guitar players.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My impression is they don't play 100% ET.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some plays closer to ET and some play somekind  of "</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>HT"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The traditional American guitar playing = is not ET </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here I think about Western, Blues and = Slide ( I guess you know that)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To do a good tuning on guitar you need = new strings and a OK guitar</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The cheapest guitar do not have a = fretboard that fit with the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"white thing the strings go over" and = the length of the strings</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My musicschool tuning at is meant to be = ET (and fast)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've stolen the idea to this one from = Ed Foote and Bill Bremmer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Remember the guitar is tuned one octave = lower than notated</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do like this</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1 Tune the A string </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2 Tune the D string a wide fourth to = the A so I get a wave that goes out of fase</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in one second and into fase the next second</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3 I tune the G string to the D string a = wide fourth so I get it beatin/waving 4 times </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the same time the = A-D fourth beats 3 times</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4 I tune the low E string to the A = string so it beats slower than the A and D string but not pure</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(it's a hard string to hear it = waving so slow)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5 I tune the high E string so it is = (kind of) pure to the the A string and also pure to the low the E string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>6 I tune the B string so it beats = 8bps to the G string. If each second is a half note then G-B would produce = sixteen notes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Check with the sixth G-E that will beat = about a half beat faster per second. I also check the wide fourth B-E = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to hear if it is sounds OK</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Foote suggested that I retuned the B = string when I change between E major (purer E-H = fourth)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and Cmajor (slower G-H third). = </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>That goes for G major and A major too I = guess.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed foote not long ago said that the = guitar players liked his HT tuning. Can you say anything more about that = Ed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I forgot to ask you.</FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=2> What kind of style do they play and are they playing in any spesial = key?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I guess by letting the forths of = the four lower strings beat a little faster you would get a temprement ala Bill Bremmer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It would produce a slower G-H third. I = left my guitar at work so haven't tried it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Comments please. It's cold here so I = would like to get flamed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ola Andersson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bergen, Norway</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:tunenbww@clear.lakes.com" title=tunenbww@clear.lakes.com>Paul</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 18, = 2001 1:52 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: ET for = Guitar</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've played guitar for years and = accepted the "normal" way to tune. I very interested in a "better" way. Do you know = a better method?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul = Chick</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>