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Re: Recording drums and Drumagog ;-)
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description: tempered scale.... >>anywhere on the neck where there is mathematically "correct" intonation > of >>the instrument. On such an intonated instrument our happy sounding major > >>3rd interval is technically correct but musically flawed. The intonated > 3rd >>always sounds a little sharp (or wide to be scientific about it) and there > >>is typically some 'beating' going on in that interval. This is where >>orchestral string players have an advantage us fretted players. They play > >>the interval so that it is musically pleasing. The difference is around > 15 >>cents or, said another way, the natural pure sounding major 3 interval is > >>about 14% narrower than a "perfect" 3rd.... thus your interval between G > and >>B when each is "correctly" tuned sounds bad. To be factual, that meaty > >>sounding 1/5 power chord is also screwed... our ears just don't sweat that > >>one as much. >> >>There is a lot I could write on this as I have studied it quite a bit for > >>the same reason DC wants to cut is way into solving the unsolvable at the > >>narrow end of the fingerboard. Won't happen Don but Buzzy Featon managed > to >>cheat it a little bit with cuts and tuning procedure that starts with the > D >>string. I think what I'll do here is google for some good info on these > two >>related topics and paste some links. Look for another post. >> >>WMW >> >>"Aaron Allen" <nospam@not_here.dude> wrote in message >>news:44e264cd$1@linux... >>> Very interested.. I custom slotted and filed a nut on my LP trying to > get >>> this issue to go away on the B string... it helped, but not a complete > >>> solution. >>> >>> AA >>> >>> "DC" <dc@spammersinchulavista.org> wrote in message >>> news:44e25d2a$1@linux... >>>> >>>> No, I am not talking about a politician with a Tele... >>>> >>>> For the last 2 days I have been working on an idea for a intonated >>>> nut for guitars and basses. >>>> >>>> Want to see something reall scary? Get a good chromatic tuner, >>>> tune all your strings to pitch…
creator: LaMont
date: 2006-07-04T15:55:55-00:00