I am coveting my neighbor's new Seiko STX1 guitar tuner. It's a clip-on with led lights. I used it on my acoustic and it sounds a lot better than when I use my inexpensive Korg GA-30, which doesn't like the B string for some odd reason.
I'm wondering, however, what the deal is with it tuning to 441 instead of 440.
(if you look closely at the picture, the 440/-10 LED is lit with the 441/0 LED above it)
http://www.zzounds.com/item--SEISTX1
Is this Seiko tuner a lot more accurate in combination with 441 tuning what makes the guitar sound much better?
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440Hz is standard tuning (concert pitch) for the note A . This tuner simply allows you to adjust to instruments that are not quite concert pitch. You can adjust from 438-445Hz with this tuner. That is very normal, most tuners do this.
This will explain concert pitch better than I ever could.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_pitch
Tuners are like everything else, some are better quality than others. I am not familiar with either of the tuners you mentioned, perhaps your friend's is better quality and more sensitive.
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I agree that 440 is concert pitch, but why is this tuner set up for 441?
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Tuners can usually be set up for different pitch standards. My Seiko goes from 435 to 442, I think. Push buttons till you figure out how to change it.
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Like other have suggested. It should be adjustable. We use to have a few songs that where a few cents off.
I was once told that the rattle in my head was also a few cents off.
joe
The LEDs are dual function. On the one hand, they are there to show you if you're in tune or not, denoted by the +10, -10, etc. and displays 9 states - -40, -30, -20, -10, tune, +10, +20, +30, +40. The display appears to show A# is currently tuned 10 cents flat.
On the other hand, it is used to denote the concert pitch - the LED shows what is currently set. The two functions are totally discrete - 440Hz has no correlation to -10cents. When you select the function, to set concert pitch, the tuner functions is switched off and the LEDs denote pitches 415Hz, 438Hz, 439Hz.............445Hz (9 steps).
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