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yrret
July 29th 09, 04:53 AM
Lately been involved with some bizarre instruments. 7 and 8 string guitars.
What worked for 6 isn't quite working out for these oddballs. Anyone have
links that explain the physics behind intonation?
Peter Larsen[_3_]
July 29th 09, 06:56 AM
yrret wrote:

> Lately been involved with some bizarre instruments. 7 and 8 string
> guitars. What worked for 6 isn't quite working out for these
> oddballs. Anyone have links that explain the physics behind
> intonation?

That might be a valid cross-post to alt.sci.physics.acoustics and
rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic

Kind regards

Peter Larsen
polymod
July 29th 09, 05:20 PM
"yrret" > wrote in message
...
> Lately been involved with some bizarre instruments. 7 and 8 string
guitars.
> What worked for 6 isn't quite working out for these oddballs. Anyone have
> links that explain the physics behind intonation?

You might find my buddy's site interesting:
http://www.9string.com/

Poly
Les Cargill
July 29th 09, 05:50 PM
yrret wrote:
> Lately been involved with some bizarre instruments. 7 and 8 string guitars.

Also known as "basses for guitar players..." :)

Doctor, doctor it hurts when I do that...

> What worked for 6 isn't quite working out for these oddballs. Anyone have
> links that explain the physics behind intonation?
>
>

It's not physics. It's one of the things that the Pythagoreans
got us started on - it's math.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament

--
Les Cargill
Dar
July 31st 09, 02:17 AM
On Jul 29, 10:50*am, Les Cargill > wrote:
> yrret wrote:
> > Lately been involved with some bizarre instruments. *7 and 8 string guitars.
>
> Also known as "basses for guitar players..." :)
>
> Doctor, doctor it hurts when I do that...
>
> > What worked for 6 isn't quite working out for these oddballs. *Anyone have
> > links that explain the physics behind intonation?
>
> It's not physics. It's one of the things that the Pythagoreans
> got us started on - it's math.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_temperament
>
> --
> Les Cargill

the way the strings behave is physics, the way we understand that is
by the
math , which provides a stucture (relationships) that's pleasant to
our ears. or something like that (^;
D