Originally posted by NordlysLOL! Here is typing my alter ego 😲
Thanks for the advice! Well, I didn't have the Handel concerto available, but I found myself nevertheless! I saw that there were some hands on my laptop. That seemed strange, so I looked whom they were connected to. It turned out that it was me!
Originally posted by NordlysYou could always try tuning it to the cosmic background radiation.
Also, someone mentioned quite a while ago that most toilets flush in D (I think).
I'd been tuning my guitar to itself by ear and last week I checked it against a digital tuner.
Each string was a semitone sharp which I think is pretty close!
In an emergency you can just listen to commercials, the music in it is always tuned right, so you can tell if your strings are out. I do that sometimes. I also have a couple of tuners, I always lose them. BYW, noodles, Cello's are a bit easier to tune because they are in 5ths, which are pretty easy to hear, at least getting it into relative tuning. I would think Cello's don't go out quite as bad as guitars because they don't have as much stress, not stretched out quite as much as guitars I think. Phlab, don't forget about harmonics, for instance, 6th string 5 fret harmonic is the same as 5 string 7th fret, an octave apart, same with 5 st 5th fret v 4th string 7th fret. You can extend that method for almost the whole set, and of course the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string is a chord in standard tuning.
Originally posted by sonhouseYes, I would agree that cellos are a bit easier to tune - I do both on a regular basis. As for going out of tune, that depends very much on the individual instrument.
BYW, noodles, Cello's are a bit easier to tune because they are in 5ths, which are pretty easy to hear, at least getting it into relative tuning. I would think Cello's don't go out quite as bad as guitars because they don't have as much stress, not stretched out quite as much as guitars I think.
Originally posted by NordlysBut tuners definitely have their place, like in ensembles, everyone has to be at A 440 for sure. or 435, whatever the going rate is!
Yes, I would agree that cellos are a bit easier to tune - I do both on a regular basis. As for going out of tune, that depends very much on the individual instrument.
I remember when I lived in Israel, we went to a christmas service in Bethlehem, can't get much more authentic than that! But there was this wheezy organ powered by a very noisy blower that sounded like an extremely loud airconditioner in a duo with a floutist. The only problem was they were AT LEAST 25 cents off maybe more. It was so painful I grabbed my wifes leg and squeezed in agony! She was grimacing quite a bit too. I think we were the only ones who seemed to notice they were so far out of tune with each other. Obviously you can't tune a pipe organ very easily but the floutist didn't even make an attempt to tune. Maybe she couldn't elongate it enough or squish it down short enough, don't know, but I think I would have noticed that during a rehearsal and gotten something done about it, maybe played the mandolin instead🙂
