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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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How Do I Change My Guitar Tuning?

Standard tuning on guitar low to high is E,A,D,G,B,E. With the capo off the tuning you want is E,A,C#,E,A,E. This means from standard tuning the 2 lowest strings and the high string need no change. …
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What tuning would I use if the song is in E but I want to use G shapes?

The only other option I can think of if you want to play the song in E with G shapes is to tune down 3 semitones to C#, F#, B, E, G#, C# from low to high. That is a pretty large interval to detune so …
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Emulating a 415 Hz tuner?

Since 415 Hz is a G# in A=440 tuning (to the nearest whole number) if you use your tuner and tune your Bb note to A=440 your A will be 415 Hz provided the instrument plays in tune with itself. … If you use the flat tuning function it will basically give you A=415 Hz. There also are some tuners that go down to a reference of 415 Hz for A4. Some Snark models can do that, maybe others. …
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How to tell if a song is tuned a half-step down?

I believe it is standard tuning but even if it is Eb tuning it’s irrelevant because there are no open strings being used. … This is what I hear in the first 4 bars in TAB standard tuning: In this case there are no obvious clues as to what tuning is used but in general some things to listen for are open CAGED chord shapes and …
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How to detune a half step?

Tuning down a half step is a pretty common thing. You have a few possible options for doing that. Changing the frequency is not enough of an adjustment to tune down one note. …
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I need help in guitar tuning: tuner says I'm off by fourths

Some tuning apps or outboard tuners have a transpose function which may have been inadvertently activated because all your intervals are off by a Perfect 4th. …
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Is my guitar's neck too soft? How do I keep open string notes from wobbling when playing cho...

Not knowing much about your instrument I have some ideas. The neck may be loose, or even damaged. Check it thoroughly. If it’s a bolt on tighten the screws. If it’s a set neck see a repair person. You …
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What is this sound effect called?

Tuning issues aside, the effect you speak of is simply the clarinet staring the B note by himself on the downbeat and then the accordion playing an Amaj9 quietly on beat 4 with the same B on top and doing …
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Is this an F below middle C? (check my relative pitch estimation plus my math)

It is actually an octave below where you say, it starts off in the first shot at about an Eb and then in the second shot when it lifts off it goes up to about an F an octave and a 5th below middle C. …
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Tuning the lowest bass string a hair flat

Come Together The tuning is better and the tone is more pure which makes me think he used his Rickenbacker for this song. … I remember Paul saying the Höfner had some tuning issues. It’s amazing how we don’t really notice it much in context though. …
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G string becomes out of tune in F shape barre chords

Since you say you checked the intonation already I think the culprit is one of two things: Your nut slot may not be cut low enough on the G string causing the first few fretted notes to be sharp beca …
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I'm having issues intonating my old electric guitar, my acoustic is apparently not intonated...

It is important that before you even try and set your intonation you make sure that the truss rod and neck relief are properly set with the guitar under string tension because a poorly adjusted truss …
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Strings keep going out of tune right after tuning up

I had originally deleted my answer but decided to edit it and post something because there seems to be a lot of focus on string slippage but first, steel strings don’t take long to stretch if they are …
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