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== The importance of tuning == | == The importance of tuning == | ||
[[File: | [[File:Tuning Block.png|thumb|Tuning block]] | ||
Getting the tuning right is fundamental to get the string to sound the way you want at the various overtones. Unlike a regular instrument, the Ekdahl FAR will not just sound "out of tune" if not tuned correctly, but rather it won't be able to calculate the right speed for the harmonics. Thus the instrument will sound dull, create a "beating" sound or not resonate at all. | Getting the tuning right is fundamental to get the string to sound the way you want at the various overtones. Unlike a regular instrument, the Ekdahl FAR will not just sound "out of tune" if not tuned correctly, but rather it won't be able to calculate the right speed for the harmonics. Thus the instrument will sound dull, create a "beating" sound or not resonate at all. | ||
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The string will resonate at the fundamental even if the string tuning is off by a few cents so the next step is to make sure that the 12th harmonic number (one octave up) is also resonating by turning the ''harmonic'' knob up and verifying the string tuning. Watch out for any beating, adjust if necessary. The final tuning is usually done by checking that the 7th [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]] also sounds correct. | The string will resonate at the fundamental even if the string tuning is off by a few cents so the next step is to make sure that the 12th harmonic number (one octave up) is also resonating by turning the ''harmonic'' knob up and verifying the string tuning. Watch out for any beating, adjust if necessary. The final tuning is usually done by checking that the 7th [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]] also sounds correct. | ||
One can keep going and check the more "difficult" [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]]<nowiki/>s in order to tune the string even better, but whether these overtones are present or not depends on your string choice, string dampening, [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] etc. There is a definite possibility of trying to approach certain "impossible" overtones and thus detuning the entire instrument to the point of having to start over. As a rule of thumb, the closer the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]] is to the fundamental or its octaves, the more difficult it is to make that overtone resonate - the 1st, 2nd, and 11th harmonic numbers are rarely present as they are too close to the fundamental; meaning that the fundamental will often "swell in" and take over. | One can keep going and check the more "difficult" [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]]<nowiki/>s in order to tune the string even better, but whether these overtones are present or not depends on your string choice, string dampening, [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#bowing wheel|bowing wheel]] etc. There is a definite possibility of trying to approach certain "impossible" overtones and thus detuning the entire instrument to the point of having to start over. As a rule of thumb, the closer the [[The Ekdahl FAR - Getting started#harmonic number|harmonic number]] is to the fundamental or its octaves, the more difficult it is to make that overtone resonate - the 1st, 2nd, and 11th harmonic numbers are rarely present as they are too close to the fundamental; meaning that the fundamental will often "swell in" and take over. | ||
== Tuning using MIDI == | == Tuning using MIDI == | ||