[ddots-l] Re: inputting turns

  • From: "Randy" <clifford@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 10:22:46 -0500

Thanks Bill.  I can tune fairly close by ear, but not as close on some days
as on others.  I'm just hoping for a way to tune very accurately without
having to use an electronic tuner which must be intepreted by a sighed
person.  Thanks again.  Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Stevens" <blues_cat@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:54 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: inputting turns


> Hello Randy,
>
> Some metrinomes have a feature that produces a pure A 440.  (Other
> metrinomes, fancy ones, can produce all twelve chromatic notes, but these
> are more expensive.)  You could use this to tune your A string (two
> octaves lower,) and then tune the other strings in relationship to that
> A.  This still doesn't tell you if your A is sharp or flat with respect
> to the A from the metrinome, but it gives you a starting place without
> needing a piano or synthesizer nearby to compare to.
>
> Does this help at all or am I missing the point of your question?
>
> Bill S.
>
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