how important is being in tune

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:09 pm

anything in tune sounds sweet ......bar nothing
the ' greatest performance ' flat or sharp is lacking....is this true??

Post by **Olly** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:50 pm

Tuning is vital in my opinion.

In the past I couldn't understand why one day I played and loved every minute of it - sounding great, and then the next it sounded uninspiring.

Whilst there are other reasons I found out that tiny tuning issues were the main culprit. Often smaller than the tuner would pick up. It could make such a difference!

Instructor · Post by **Instructor** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:48 pm

I don't know.

When I hear early blues tunes, the guitars all sound out of tune to me, but there's "something" about those out of tune guitars and the singing that sound pretty good to me.

Instructor

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:21 pm

all the timbres/sound/feel/occasion make up for the tuning...probably if it was perfectly in
tune a lot of the magic would disappear..i really meant modern stuff...i would never keep
a recorded performance ( my own ) if the pitching was an issue

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:26 pm

My next guitar will be a hard tale the Floyd Rose is a nightmare to tune but once its there it stays in tune.

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:38 pm

check this out..and solve your tuning probs
http://www.earvana.com/products.htm

ive been using a home made version..for the last 6 years ..then found out i'd invented the wheel
it definately works