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Topic: Harmonic Tuning / Just Intonation Charts |
Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 5:27 am |
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I saw a post alittle while ago discussing Just Intonation and thought I'd post these harmonic tuning charts that I made years ago ...
To read the charts ... just chime the string pairs (notes connected by colored lines) at the indicated frets ... and bring the out of tune string of the set up to the tuned string of the set ... until the beats disappear ...
Once you set the reference string, the order you do the other strings is important ... The only step by step I wrote out was for B11 (which is a bit tricky) ...
I use to set the tonic (root) to standard pitch ... now I set the high E to standard pitch ...
It doesn't really matter ... its all about getting your steel "in tune with itself" ... but having the E tuned to the rhythm guitars E ... makes it easy to just say "give me your E" ... and tune up from there.
It takes practice ... but its great ear training ... as the beats slow down, you are getting close, if they speed up, you've passed the note and are now sharp ... detune and try again till the beats slow, slow,slow ... disappear
C6
E9
A6
C#m7
E13
B11
Hints:
To ring the "Third" note of a scale ... chime the 4th fret just a tad toward the nut side off the fret ... its the hardest to ring ... you can get the same "Third" at the 9th fret ... but I prefer the 4th fret
Enjoy ...
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2014 5:38 am
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Oops ... Forgot the G6
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Roger Fletcher
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United Kingdom
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 7:00 am
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Many thanks for uploading these charts, Rick.
Getting the third to ring out is certainly a challenge, but then harmonics are a challenge for some of us anyway. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2014 12:49 pm
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A light touch with your left hand pinky and picking close to the bridge helps "chime" that 3rd rascal ...
Practicing with higher gain and treble than you would use to play helps to hear the beats when you are first starting out ...
After awhile, it becomes second nature (same with most stuff) ...
It's certainly worth the effort ... Cause once you lay the bar down whether in straight bar position or slant position .... What's ultimately guiding you is your ear and desire to hear pretty harmony ...
It's easier to learn "what to listen for" in a controlled setting ... IE tuning practice
Lots of stuff on my site about this stuff ... For any of y'all interested
http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/_sgg/m7_1.htm |
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