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On Monday 20 December 2004 01:29 am, John Anderson wrote:

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> On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 02:16, Christoph Eckert wrote:

> > > I think this is called "well tempered tuning".

> >

> > I know what well tempered tuning is, where it comes from, why

> > we need it and that most popular instruments are tuned in

> > this way.

>

> Most instruments these days are tuned to 12tET (12 tone Equal

> Temperament).

>

> > But what I do not know: Do guitarists tune the six strings in

> > pure tuning, or do they add some aberration to make them

> > tempered?

>

> If you tuned a guitar to a pure tuning, assuming EADGBE, you'd only be

> able to play with one chord in one key. Or maybe I IV V in one key.

>

That never stopped anybody ;)
> bye

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> John