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tama si siore about intonation. to be intonated, your OCTAVES should be, well, an OCTAVE.
for example, your open E, when fretted on the 12th fret should give you the exact same E (mi) note on the higher octave. if there is a difference, then youre guitar is not properly intonated.
as mr siore said, "
... intonation is about varying the length of the string from nut to bridge saddle"
let me do a simple illustration:
SAY this is an intonated E string.NUT_____________________/________________________SADDLE open E E (12th fret)
it will be sharp (#) if you bring the saddle closer to the nut.NUT_____________________/____________________SADDLE
open E #E(12)
it will be flat (b) if you bring the saddles farther to the nut.
NUT_____________________/__________________________________SADDLE.
open E bE(12)
GETS?
so if youre in tune on the open E string, and fretting it in the 12th fret gives you a note
below E, you need to sharp (#) it so you bring the saddles closer to the nut.
vice versa, if your open E string in tune, then gives you a note
above E, you need to flat (b) it so you bring the saddles farther from the nut.
you see the screws that go thru the saddles, behind your electric guitar bridge butt? n(strats, teles... traditional bridge constructions)
turn it
clockwise to flat (b) it. because youre bringing the saddle close to the bridge butt, farther away from the nut.
turn it
counter-clockwise to sharp (#) it. because you are bringing it farther from the bridge butt, towards the nut.
IMPORTANT NOTE:FOR LES PAULS with
TUNE O MATIC BRidges, do the opposite! because the screws are oriented that when you turn clockwise, you bring saddle closer to nut. counter brings it father.
now how do you know how much?
tanchan. but to lessen the repeating the process, use wise estimates. depends sa tuner mo.
whether its the TUNE HAND tuner or it utilizes leds, you could make a wise estimate how far you are from the SWEET SPOT.
ex. you fret the e string on the 12th fret...
b0 - 0 - 0 - X - E - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0#
X meaning the LED lit up.
so means your string is flat (b). so you need to___________?
you need to bring the saddle closer to the nut to sharp it.
contra-contra yan., if its flat, sharp it. sharp? flat it.
so you turn the screw ___________ wise?
counter-clockwise. start with half a revolution of the screw. and see. from there you could start to have a feel how much the intonation changes with every turn. if you ask me, you just have to do it again and again.
so now that saddle is a bit closer to the nut.
your open E string will be out of tune after doing so because the tension changed.
so retune your open E then try the 12th fret again. if its still sharp, repeat process. if its flat, sumobra ka na. now you have to take the saddle a step back by turning the screw the opposite way... clockwise to bring it away from the nut.
repeat process til you find the open E '"rymes" with the fretted E on the 12th.
do the same thing with other strings.
now on the question whether its better to do the OPEN note or the harmonic equivalent...you see, there is what you call ATTACK and SUSTAIN.
attack is the immediate moment after you pluck the string.
sustain is the note it holds after sometime it is plucked.
the tuner reading is sharper than the sustain. vice versa. why? because the tension is greater when you excert pressure on the string right after you pluck it. so right at the moment of attack, it tends to give a # reading. now while the string settles down, the sustain gives a flatter reading because of the dropping tension.
so how you going to tune? attack o sustain?
that is why experts suggest the HARMONIC. because the harmonic greatly reduces these factors in tuning.
o testing na!!!
