Watchin the Strobe go Round-N- Round
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Watchin the Strobe go Round-N- Round
I went to see a friend of mine play few weeks ago and noticed his eyes were glued to his Peterson Strobe-O-Flip,he was checking his pitch after he hit a note?then he would move the bar until it was right with the strobe?What am I missing here? do other players do that? I usually watch my left hand or pretty girls.
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I had to watch a tuning meter once to play alto recorder in a session. It's too easy to go sharp on that instrument if you're not careful.
Sometimes the stage environment doesn't give you a good balance for reference pitch. For example, on one outdoor gig all I could hear was the fretless bass, drums and vocals. For some strange reason the rhythm guitars weren't in my monitor mix. I could have used a visual pitch reference on that gig!
Sometimes the stage environment doesn't give you a good balance for reference pitch. For example, on one outdoor gig all I could hear was the fretless bass, drums and vocals. For some strange reason the rhythm guitars weren't in my monitor mix. I could have used a visual pitch reference on that gig!
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Jon,I'm not sure if he was buzzzed or not,At first I thought he was watching a DVD,He hasn't been playing long but has a very good guitar "Mullen",I assume that he thinks this will make him play more in tune? or maybe he is just spacing out on the Strobe spinning?
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I recently did a recording session and a guitar player in the other band borrowed my stroboflip tuner because he was convinced it was better than his. I use one of the steel sweetener tunings and wasn't there to tell him how to switch it over to equal temperament. Yep, you guessed it.... He played his portion of the session that day with a compensated steel guitar tuning...
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Re: Watchin the Strobe go Round-N- Round
I don't understand moving the bar. Tuning with a Strob-O-flip is with open strings (or harmonics). Right? I've got to tell you, my Strobe-O-Rack is a blessing when the G# breaks and needs fine tuning in the middle of the next song.Stu Schulman wrote:...he was checking his pitch after he hit a note?then he would move the bar until it was right with the strobe?
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Ron,If the Strobe is set to the E9th setting Vs. the Just Intonation setting the left hand would not be in the same place that's what confuses me.
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He had tuned the guitar to the strobe when he got to the gig...He was checking to see if his left hand "Bar Hand" was in tune with the strobe.
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Earnest,Not yet maybe in a couple of months?Sounded like a couple of alley cats in a duffel bag.
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Steve Howe (Yes) tells an anecdote* in Andy Volk's book about having a tuner set up on stage to get the last sustained squeal of a particular lap steel solo in tune so it didn't throw the rest of the band off when they came back in. I can maybe see it helping in a one off situation like that. *I didn't say it would get him laid.
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I don't know the answer to your question. Perhaps someone else will.
The strobe units will tell you what pitch is being played at that moment. The pitch is measured in Hz and cents. It is very accurate.
One has to decide if that pitch is "right".
I find it useful to sing or whistle a pitch and see how long I can hold it. (not long)
I don't know the answer to your question. Perhaps someone else will.
The strobe units will tell you what pitch is being played at that moment. The pitch is measured in Hz and cents. It is very accurate.
One has to decide if that pitch is "right".
I find it useful to sing or whistle a pitch and see how long I can hold it. (not long)
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Re: Watchin the Strobe go Round-N- Round
Of course, it goes without saying he never hit a chord, or used vibrato. If he was a race driver in the "Indy 500", he'd probably be using a G.P.S. unit to navigate his way around the track.Stu Schulman wrote:I went to see a friend of mine play few weeks ago and noticed his eyes were glued to his Peterson Strobe-O-Flip,he was checking his pitch after he hit a note?then he would move the bar until it was right with the strobe?What am I missing here?
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Chris,
I haven't heard the cuts of the guitar player after using the sweetened strobe tuning yet. They'll certainly be a little out, but I'm not sure whether he did alot of strumming or lines that morning or what. I just think it's funny that he used it and didn't notice it was a little out. Tuners are a great tool, but so are the ears......
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I haven't heard the cuts of the guitar player after using the sweetened strobe tuning yet. They'll certainly be a little out, but I'm not sure whether he did alot of strumming or lines that morning or what. I just think it's funny that he used it and didn't notice it was a little out. Tuners are a great tool, but so are the ears......
-Jeff
Luckily, a guitar doesn't have any G#, C#, D# or F strings.
E, A and B are probably pretty close. What's the Peterson setting for the D and G notes? Are they noticeably sharp of ET?
Back to the steel player watching the strobe... I hope he didn't leave it set to the sweetened JI tuning of the open strings. That would certainly mess him up once he started playing up the neck in different keys.
E, A and B are probably pretty close. What's the Peterson setting for the D and G notes? Are they noticeably sharp of ET?
Back to the steel player watching the strobe... I hope he didn't leave it set to the sweetened JI tuning of the open strings. That would certainly mess him up once he started playing up the neck in different keys.
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