{"id":151,"date":"2012-08-08T14:46:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrysenior.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=151"},"modified":"2019-07-02T21:28:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T21:28:03","slug":"tuning_by_harmonics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henrysenior.co.uk\/wordpress\/tuning_by_harmonics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuning by Harmonics"},"content":{"rendered":"

This information is courtesy of James Crowbear, taken from the British Steelies website<\/a><\/p>\n

Before tuners, tuning by harmonics was the way<\/p>\n

start by tuning your Es ( 4&8 ) w: pedals A&B down to 440, 441 or 442<\/p>\n

whichever you prefer<\/p>\n

release A & B & proceed :<\/p>\n

using harmonics on each :<\/p>\n

on left : reference tone \/ on right : string to tune<\/p>\n

you’ll be using frets 5 7 & 12 mostly<\/p>\n

you will also need a harmonic on the 4th fret – certainly not as easy as on frets 5,7 & 12<\/p>\n

look for it, it’s there<\/p>\n

lever E lowers Es a half<\/p>\n

lever F raises Es a half<\/p>\n

lever G raises F#s a whole<\/p>\n

lever D lowers Eb a half<\/p>\n

lever V lowers Bs a half<\/p>\n

E : string 8 fret 5 \/ string 4 fret 12<\/p>\n

since your Es are tuned you get the B note on fret 7 on strings 4 & 8<\/p>\n

B : String 4 fret 7 \/ string 5 fret 5<\/p>\n

B : string 8 fret 7 \/ string 5 fret 12<\/p>\n

B : string 8 fret 7 \/ string 10 fret 5<\/p>\n

B : string 10 fret 5 \/ string 5 fret 12<\/p>\n

F# : string 5 fret 7 \/ String 1 fret 12<\/p>\n

F# : string 1 fret 12 \/ string 7 fret 5<\/p>\n

G# : string 8 fret 4 ( yep 4) \/ string 6 fret 5<\/p>\n

G# : string 4 ( yep 4 ) \/ string 3 fret 5<\/p>\n

Eb : string 5 fret 4 \/ string 2 fret 5<\/p>\n

E : string 8 w: A&B fret 5 \/ string 6 w: A&B fret 7<\/p>\n

A : string 6 w: A&B fret 5 \/ string 3 w: A&B fret 12<\/p>\n

A : string 6 w: A&B fret 12 \/ string 9 fret 7<\/p>\n

C# : string 5 w: A&B fret 12 \/ string 10 w: A&B fret 5<\/p>\n

C# : string 6 w: B&C fret 4 \/ string 4 w: B&C fret 7<\/p>\n

C# : string 6 w: B&C fret 4 \/ string 5 w: B&C fret 5<\/p>\n

Eb : string 2 fret 12 \/ string 4 w lever E fret 12<\/p>\n

Eb : string 2 fret 12 \/ string 8 w: lever E fret 5<\/p>\n

B(G# lever): string 5 fret 5 \/ string 7 w: lever G fret 4<\/p>\n

G# : string 3 fret 12 \/ string 1 w: lever G fret 12<\/p>\n

F : string 5 w: A&B fret 4 \/ string 4 w: lever F fret 5<\/p>\n

F : string 4 w: lever F fret 12 \/ string 8 w: lever F fret 5<\/p>\n

Bb : string 7 fret 4 \/ string 5 w: lever V fret 5<\/p>\n

Bb : string 5 w: lever V fret 12 \/ string 10 w: lever V fret 5<\/p>\n

D : string 9 fret 5 \/ string 2 w: lever D fret 12<\/p>\n

when tuning strings 1(F#) – 2(Eb)- 7(F#) note that the root\/reference is B ……NOT… E<\/p>\n

F# being the fifth & Eb being the third of B :<\/p>\n

the fifth of B gets the same treatment\/value as the fifth of E<\/p>\n

the third of B gets the same treatment\/value as the third of E<\/p>\n

last but not least (the plot sickens lol)<\/p>\n

when tuning F# on string 4 w: pedal C : F# is the root tone since the ref is an F# minor chord<\/p>\n

here again it will get it’s own treatment\/value<\/p>\n

Compromise is inevitable when tuning certain strings & combinations of levers &\/or pedals<\/p>\n

like F# on string 4 w: pedal C<\/p>\n

& Eb on 4 & 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This information is courtesy of James Crowbear, taken from the British Steelies website Before tuners, tuning by harmonics was the way start by tuning your Es ( 4&8 ) w: pedals A&B down to 440, 441 or 442 whichever you …<\/p>\n

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