Tuning , it’s about time

Thatbastarddon said:
Peterson strobo tuner line will do it. My TC clip won’t, but Peterson’s will.
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That's probably the tuner I'm thinking of. I had a Peterson Strobe tuner for a while, but I hated it with all the swirling lights. I might have to try one of the newer ones, I don't think they're like that anymore.
 
DirtySteve said:
That's probably the tuner I'm thinking of. I had a Peterson Strobe tuner for a while, but I hated it with all the swirling lights. I might have to try one of the newer ones, I don't think they're like that anymore.
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I have one of the newer ones…the full sized pedal, and not the mini one. I was gonna pick up the new mini one for the small fuzz-board, but power and space are limited. I may break down and get the clip, for kicks…but I do like my polytune clip.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I have one of the newer ones…the full sized pedal, and not the mini one. I was gonna pick up the new mini one for the small fuzz-board, but power and space are limited. I may break down and get the clip, for kicks…but I do like my polytune clip.
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I've never liked clip-ons. I don't really know why, it's just a mental thing. There's nothing wrong with them, I just like my tuner on the floor and I like one that does the mute thing when engaged so I can turn it on to silently swap guitars. I do that a lot.
 
“The Pro Tuner” Guitar Tuner App is in the Play store on your phone. I have it but have not used it other than standard tuning.
It is capable of this. The Hz is adjustable.
 
DirtySteve said:
I like one that does the mute thing when engaged so I can turn it on to silently swap guitars. I do that a lot.
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I have a cable(or three) for that swapping out thing, but yeah….for live play, there’s a lot to like in the pedal format. The TC PolyTune clip will do the quick scan thing for all 6 strings though…that’s huge when you need to figure “what” exactly is out of tune quickly. Then it auto-drops to single string mode for fine tuning. Plus, the design is pretty low-profile.
 
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DirtySteve said:
I've never liked clip-ons. I don't really know why, it's just a mental thing. There's nothing wrong with them, I just like my tuner on the floor and I like one that does the mute thing when engaged so I can turn it on to silently swap guitars. I do that a lot.
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I don’t clip things on my headstock. Tuners. Capo. Nada. A little to OCD (aka too anal) to do that. Plus. I too like to be able to mute while tuning. I have a TU3 on my pedal board.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
I have a cable(or three) for that swapping out thing, but yeah….for live play, there’s a lot to like in the pedal format. The TC PolyTune clip will do the quick scan thing for all 6 strings though…that’s huge when you need to figure “what” exactly is out of tune quickly. Then the it auto-drops to single string mode for fine tuning. Plus, the design is pretty low-profile.
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I don't play live, I just sit in front of my amp switching guitars every so often to switch tuning or pickup types or whatever reason, just goofing around. It's really sad. :rolf2::rolf2::rolf2:
 
A440 is arbitrary. But it’s also a standard.
There’s no law against putting hot dogs on rye bread and calling it a hot dog.
There’s no rule keeping you from making your own railroad tracks a few inches wider than standard gauge.

I had a friend in high school who was a self taught musician with a very good ear. Good writer. And he developed his own notation using the Greek alphabet. Used to frustrate him that local bass and keys players weren’t sophisticated enough to understand his self made musical notation or his self made tunings.

Bottom line is it all began arbitrary. But now it’s not. A440 Hz is what you do because it’s the standard and you want to show you’re prepared and trained. A432 Hz is something you do to other people you play with.
 
Strobostomp can tune to 432. I generally don't, because my project occasionally plays with outside musicians.
Nonstandard pitch is especially difficult with pianists.

But most of the times I've been bandleader, we would tune to 432.
It's always just felt better to me. And I'm not alone in that.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Strobostomp can tune to 432. I generally don't, because my project occasionally plays with outside musicians.
Nonstandard pitch is especially difficult with pianists.

But most of the times I've been bandleader, we would tune to 432.
It's always just felt better to me. And I'm not alone in that.
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That is good to hear. I don’t think everyone will try it but I will just to check it out.
For me, (bedroom player) there is not much worry about playing with other players.
If I did, I would have enough guitars to have one tuned to 432Hz for a song before changing back to a guitar in 440Hz.
No piano in my music, however keyboards are great writing tools. I don’t use the keys much.
 
DirtySteve said:
I'd rather have a clip-on than use my phone or a computer. :nuts: I'm a dinosaur and I like it that way. :grin:
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Here is article I was looking at about the TU-2 vs TU - 3 . It looks like like it tunes down to 440 Hz - 438Hz. That is with out doing much. The tuning range is huge.
merelymusic.com

Boss TU-2 vs Boss TU-3-Which One is The Winner and Why

Expert Guitarist Provides an In-depth Review of Boss TU-2 vs Boss TU-3 and Explains Which One is The Winner and Why. Read Now!
merelymusic.com
 
I typed in frequency of middle “C” I will quote from a paragraph in this article quote:
“In general, the frequency of middle C is between 256 Hz and 280 Hz.” In general?
Numbers are not supposed to be in general, a guess is in general. lmao
It looks like 264.2 Hz may be the answer for middle “C”

If all of this is not enough to make your head explode try this page

@iblive

Frequency of Middle C - The Physics Factbook

hypertextbook.com hypertextbook.com
 
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