hey all ~~ since iam really new at bass guitar and tuning please bear wit me.
when i turn my tuner i see 3 digits 440hz and it says its calibration and wat on earth is tat ? plus i also see this thing looks like b and is called flat...
my questions r
1)wat is calibration?
2)wat is flat?
3)and wat calib and wat flat do i put it on to tune to normal bass guitar?
To calibrate an instrument means to "set it to the correct value".
The standard "concert pitch" A is 440MHz, but occasionally someone might want to use some other pitch, for example for playing with a badly tuned piano or something, in which case you might want to "calibrate" your tuner to that instrument's A. This would happen very rarely
Notes can be either sharp (#) which means they are "higher in pitch" or flat (b) which means they are "lower in pitch". Sometimes people tune their guitars one or two steps (semitones) lower (flatter) than normal. Do this only if you know why you want to do that.
Normally you would leave calibration at 440 and no flat.
Tune the strings E-A-D-G, low (thickest string) to high (thinnest).
I hope this helps.
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Helgi Briem
hbriem AT gmail DOT com
Just a correction, that A is 440 hertz (Hz), not 440 megahertz (MHz).
Of course.
In my defense, I´m a computer guy and somehow Mhz figure more often in my daily life than Hz.
Thanks for the correction.
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Helgi Briem
hbriem AT gmail DOT com
No problem. :)
