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The electronic tuner is only a reference. I use an electronic tuner for speed, especially when I am in a session with other players who will not stop long enough for me to tune by ear. Also handy in noisy environments.

Tuning electronically is good for making sure I am at A440, but it is always approximate. Tuning by ear takes a minute longer, and the job of tuning will always be incomplete without it.

For instance, I will adjust my B string one way for Bluegrass, when we play in G a lot, and differently for blues with lots of songs in E. Different again for playing jazz in flat keys and closed fingerings.

I would expect Joe Pass to use a different standard for what he does than the one I would use for folk music in open-chord tunings.

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Last edited by flatfoot; 02/01/14 07:00 PM.
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