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Old 11-13-2010, 07:24 PM   #29
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I understand that the brief transient at the start of a note looks sharp on a tuner. And yet, overall the note doesn't sound sharp to my ear.
I agree but do hear it sometimes when I pluck hard which I've been known to do. There is some value to tuning just a "frog hair" flat because the average center point of the pitch (based on the slope of the fall) will be the intune point. IIRC if you pluck and watch the tuner there is a certain fall off time wise.. The pitch falls slower later, than it does earlier (just after the transient). The trick is to tune to the spot that lands in tune most of the time your playing. IE: we normally don't let a string ring out for 5 seconds and so there isn't much use to making sure its perfect 5 seconds later. I'm hair splitting again but it does make a difference especially when playing with other instruments.

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