Re: [Harp-L] harp tuning

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joni Mitchell did an interview on the  radio a few months back. She  
said she uses at least 55 different tunings on her guitar.

mike


On Oct 20, 2005, at 12:36 AM, fjm wrote:

> bbq B
> ob writes:
>
>
> > Because harmonica reeds give off many many more harmonic overtones  
> > than a guitar string does, especially the odd numbered ones that  
> > tend to be very harsh to the human ears.
>
> How do you know this?  Can you direct me to a source to confirm  
> this information and the subsequent conclusion?  Guitars are also  
> tuned all over the map, what do you think a dropped D tuning etc  
> is?  Guitars have tuning issues and guitar players are very able to  
> adjust the pitch of chords as they play.  There are about a zillion  
> out of tune guitars out there, objectively and subjectively.  fjm
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