Post by Phil on Apr 10, 2014 5:04:53 GMT -6
TUNING
There's a guitar guy on youtube who says you should tune your guitar as follows:
High 'E' and 'B' - tune to the exact frequency.
'G' - tune 15 cents flat.
'D' , 'A', and low 'E' - tune just slightly flat.
He claims that this is imperative if you want to be in tune while playing. He implies that this is common knowledge among piano tuners and classical musicians. This guy is a pretty good guitarist, but he's also a bit of a wack-job and likes to be a contrarian about almost everything. However, that doesn't mean he can't be right at least some of the time.
Can any of you more experienced guys shed some light on this? Have you ever heard this before?.
PICK ATTACK
This is one I've heard from a couple of well-respected guitar teachers on the Internet. They say that most beginner and intermediate guitarists do not pick hard enough and you need to pick hard to get good tone, etc. Any thoughts on this?
Maybe John Ganapes could share his thoughts on these two issues.
Phil
There's a guitar guy on youtube who says you should tune your guitar as follows:
High 'E' and 'B' - tune to the exact frequency.
'G' - tune 15 cents flat.
'D' , 'A', and low 'E' - tune just slightly flat.
He claims that this is imperative if you want to be in tune while playing. He implies that this is common knowledge among piano tuners and classical musicians. This guy is a pretty good guitarist, but he's also a bit of a wack-job and likes to be a contrarian about almost everything. However, that doesn't mean he can't be right at least some of the time.
Can any of you more experienced guys shed some light on this? Have you ever heard this before?.
PICK ATTACK
This is one I've heard from a couple of well-respected guitar teachers on the Internet. They say that most beginner and intermediate guitarists do not pick hard enough and you need to pick hard to get good tone, etc. Any thoughts on this?
Maybe John Ganapes could share his thoughts on these two issues.
Phil
That's a bit out of my price range, but I'm sure it was good.