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Post by Bryan on Jul 14, 2005 12:00:42 GMT
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Post by YouLanFengChune on Jul 14, 2005 15:21:18 GMT
not very expensive i suppose
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Post by Vi An on Jul 14, 2005 16:33:44 GMT
It is very hard to help you explain on line how to tune an instrument up. I should think that if you got to your recital earlier, the instructor could give you a hand tuning it up?
I know there are special guzheng tuner devices out there, do they play the sounds of each octave?
Basically if you look at your guzheng take a look at the green strings, they are obviously your A strings. When the tuner is switched ON bring it near the instrument or set it securily on your lap. Pluck the A string, on the screen for the tuner, it should say A and then you see the symbols (b) and (#) which means a note is too flat or too sharp. I don't know what kind of tuner you have so there could be a needle that swings left to right, when it swings and stays left that means the note you hit is still flat, etc. You want that needle to be as close to and hit solid center as possible. If the note is flat (b) and the needle is too far to the right. Start to move that bridge, under the note you plucked, a little to the right and pluck the note again until the needle on the tuner is dead set on the middle. This description is for tuners that have the needle to indicate flat or sharp. There are tuning devices out there that use LED flashing lights as well as the needle and where the green light means your note is good.
Do your best to tune the instrument up using the bridges as much as possible instead of using the tuning wrench to tighten and loosen the strings. This may cause a lot of weakness for the strings over time. Although if it is a newer instrument you have to tension the strings up a fair bit before tuning to get the strings all streched out, for a most secure and most stable tuning.
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Post by Bryan on Jul 15, 2005 6:36:04 GMT
Omg thanks you two, u guys saved my life!!!
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Post by Bryan on Jul 15, 2005 8:31:37 GMT
then wat about the other strings. What letter will appear?
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Post by Charlie Huang on Jul 15, 2005 9:54:40 GMT
Letter from A to G appear for each string depending on the note it sounds. Vi_an-san should probably give you the whole scale, pentatonic most likely, which means the strings between the A strings should consist of CDFG, and the lower ther strings (closer towards you), the octave increases, etc. Same principle.
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Post by Vi An on Jul 15, 2005 13:20:59 GMT
Most commonly the guzheng uses the D - major pentatonic: D, E, F#, A, B (1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
But again, pluck each string and wait to see exactly what note appears on the screen for the tuner device and then tune the string.
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Post by Bryan on Jul 15, 2005 23:47:07 GMT
huh? I dun understand. Which letter represents which note?
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Post by Vi An on Jul 16, 2005 6:51:15 GMT
I think you will be better off to ask your instructor for a very thorough instruction on tuning your instrument. It is way more helpful and easier to grasp.  To answer your question the best way I can: Every note is represented by a letter of the alphabet.. In the western chromatic scale it starts -- C, D, E, F, G, A, B. So on the piano: C is a white key followed by a black key which is (c# = C sharp) and then a white key which is D, followed by another black key which is Eb = E flat), then followed by another white key which is E, then a white key F and then a black key (f#) then a white key G, then a black key Ab (A flat), then a white key A, then a black key Bb (B flat), then a white key B and back to a white key C. On the guzheng using the green ( A ) note string as a reference point then going up and towards you is followed by a white string which is in the note of B, and then D, then E and then F# and then another green string A (which is one octave higher than the A before). |
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Post by Bryan on Jul 16, 2005 8:34:07 GMT
Thanks. Tuned it. Omg ur really a genius!!! n.n
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