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The system of pitches used by an instrument or in a piece of music, or the practice of adjusting the pitches that instruments or voices produce to be in accordance with the chosen system. When relevant, please also include the tag of your instruments, e.g. [guitar] or [violin].
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Are there pieces that require retuning an instrument mid-performance?
In "The Rite of Spring" Stravinsky requires the celli to detune their A-strings to G-sharp for the final chord of the piece (and asks them to play a four-note chord "non arpeggiato"!):
Similarly at t …
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I broke my G string and my other 3 strings are out of tune too
Since the tension of each string affects all the others, it might take a couple of iterations until the tuning has settled down. …
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Is it possible to play in D-tuning (guitar) on keyboards?
Yes and no.
Yes, you can play all the notes of a retuned guitar on a keyboard.
Alternatively you can tune the whole keyboard to any pitch you like. Some keyboards will let you retune notes individuall …
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Why is equal temperament based on n-th root of 2?
The standard 2^(1/n) is based on the octave (a factor of 2), but 2 is just a choice. It's possible to define equal temperaments using other intervals, for example the Bohlen-Pierce scale which divides …
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Should you play baroque pieces a semitone lower?
Tuning string instruments down can have the problem that the strings get too loose. Electronic keyboards, of course, can be tuned to any pitch. …
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Would an instrument that tuned itself harmonically on the fly sound in tune?
Any good wind or string ensemble or choir tunes itself harmonically on the fly. For example in a major chord, whoever is playing the third will (probably subconsciously) play a bit flatter to be in tu …
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Potential intonation problems by having a 0.5" difference between half scale lengths?
Building the guitar the way you describe would give you a string length of 25.5". The twelfth fret (for the high E-string) should be at half that: 12.75", so the distance from the bridge to the twelft …
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What does "vox humana" mean in Organ building?
The "vox humana" is an organ stop intended to resemble the human voice.
According to Wikipedia
The Vox humana (Latin for "human voice) is a short-resonator reed stop on the pipe organ, so named …
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Why are bagpipes tuned using just intonation?
The drones are tuned by ear so you expect them to be tuned to just intonation.
The holes in the chanters can't be made exactly enough that you could say they're just or equal tempered. The difference …
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Tune of wind instruments and the strength of blow
Wind instruments change pitch depending on how hard they are blown. When blown harder instruments like the flute or recorder go up in pitch and instruments like the clarinet go down in pitch. Experien …
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How should this kalimba be tuned?
I have a kalimba that looks very similar to this one with the note names marked on it.
The middle note is C, and then the notes form a major scale alternating left and right. So going left from the ce …
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Alto Saxophone Stuck Playing F Sharp
If you look on the left side of the instrument (i.e. the opposite side to where your fingers are) and press the F-key, you will see the opposite end of the F-key lift a bar which is connected to other …
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