The Well-Tempered Scale
 
 
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(Message edited by davehouck on September 25, 2009)

You learn something everyday - I always thought well-tempered was the current tuning method for pianos. Thanks Craig!

Nice dissertation crobbins but it is Friday and my head hurts after a week of work..I just want o play bass and sound great!!
Maybe some electronics wizzard should design a pedal that does all this for us

Thanks Craig, no matter how crooked the frets are I knew something straight would come out of this, I spent a lot of time listening to Bach's Fugue's and actually played some of his two part inventions on Bass and guitar, Fun and very Challenging stuff.
Thanks Terry and Graeme, I will keep you posted about next year, maybe we can all get together for a Alembic/Brewfest and have a tall one, A pint or a Yard suite's me fine!, but it would be great to get back over there, it's been a while since I crossed the Pond..Hmmmmmmm Bass Day, that might be a fun show to do or go, at least I'd know I wouldn't be alone LOL!

Beat em to it..here is the design(although not the electronics)
 

Is it a tuner or a pitch-shifter, Terry?
 
Peter

F***..I don't know...just took the design brief from crobbins and 'built' it..LOL
Or maybe as the Ronseal Varnish ad says in the UK..
'It does exactly what it says on the tin'

john..yeah that would be a great idea, sink some ales and tell stories..look forward to it

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(Message edited by davehouck on September 25, 2009)

I sound horrible no matter how I tune

I use a lot of chorus to cover up how out of tune I sound.

Sorry. How could I be such a fool?  
Just trying to help....

funky..buy my pedal it solves all your tuning problems..pick a mode and a interval and stomp the switch!!!
Problem is I don't know what goes inside it, most probably a load of resistors and IC's that I cannot solder!

No problem Craig; it was indeed a very helpful article; and your helpfulness is very much appreciated.  I think a lot of us learned stuff we didn't know before.

And i thought I was out of tune all the time!!!
Guess everyone is to blame in the band except the drummer