Tuners and Tuning

 

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Electronic tuners - Don't leave home without one.

I have accumulated several tuning devices over the years from the pitch pipe I got with my first guitar 30 years ago, to a tuning fork and several electronic tuners that live in my guitar cases on on my ukuleles today.

I don't even have my students tune by ear until well into playing the guitar. I have them get an electronic tuner and ALWAYS play in tune. This trains their ear and they learn what an in-tune guitar sounds like and can then learn to tune the guitar by ear.

Here is a review the current crop of clip-on tuners that I have and still use toady.

Here is a page of reviews on the tuners that I have used in the past and still use and reccommend.

Boss
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938
Phone: 323.890.3700
Fax: 323.890.3701

P.O. Box 910921
Los Angeles, CA 90091-0921

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Wuhan Eleca Electronics CO., LTD
No. 12, the 5th Jiang Jun Road
Dong-Xi Lake District
Wuhan, China
430023
Tel: 027-59508018

USA: Eleca Amplification
Eleca International Inc.
21088 Commerce Pointe Dr.
Walnut, CA 91789
TEL: 909-468-1382

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Tuner can be found under different brand names.

(from their site) Wuhan Eleca Electronics CO., LTD was established in December 1995. It’s a Sino-US joint venture, as well as export-oriented enterprise and high-tech enterpris e. The company focuses on international trade at the beginning of establishment. Business administration is in line with international standards.

Korg USA
316 South Service Rd
Melville, NY 11747

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(from their site) - In the early 1960s, Korg founder Tsutomu Katoh was a nightclub proprietor. A popular Japanese accordionist and engineer named Tadashi Osanai performed regularly at Mr. Katoh’s club, and one evening, Mr. Katoh told Osanai it would be nice to have a rhythm machine to keep the beat. Mr. Osanai was sure he could build a rhythm machine himself, and convinced Mr. Katoh to finance his efforts.

Meisel Stringed Instruments
P.O. Box 90
Springfield, New Jersey 07081-0090
Tel:1- 973 379-5000, Fax:1- 973 379-5020
Dealers: 1-800 MEISEL M (634-7356)

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(from company's site) -

Meisel traces its roots back centuries. In 1659, before there was a Beethoven or a Paganini, the Meisel name first appeared on a handcrafted European violin. Although much has changed since then, Meisel still symbolizes quality, craftsmanship and unsurpassed value for students and professional musicians alike.

OnBoard Research Corp.
Dallas, TX

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Makers of the The Intellitouch Tuner.

Intellitouch Tuner PT1 (Black) For Guitar (All). All Styles. Accessory. Published by OnBoard Research Corp. (20763)
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Intellitouch Tuner PT2 (White) For Guitar (All). All Styles. Accessory. Published by OnBoard Research Corp. (20764)
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Peterson Electro-Musical Products, Inc.
11601 Mayfield Avenue
Alsip, IL 60803
(708) 388-3311

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These are the leading high end strobe tuners. Can be found in every guitar repair shop.

Sabine, Inc.
Alachau, FL
904 418 2000
904 418 2001 (Fax)

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Editor's Note: (Feb 2007) This is the tuner and metronome that I use and reccommend to all my students. Korg also has a tuner/metronome with the same features.

Sabine Guitar & Bass Auto Tuner (ZIP700) Tuner. 6 note version of the STX tuners.
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Seiko
Seiko Holdings Corporation
SEAVANS North
1-2-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku
Tokyo, Japan 105-8459
TEL +81-3-6401-2111

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( from their site ) - Since its founding in 1881, Seiko Holdings Corporation has introduced one revolutionary product after another, including the first wrist watch in Japan in 1913 and the first quartz watch in the world in 1969. We now operate in a broad range of fields, from watches, clocks, shutters for cameras and electronic devices, and eyeglasses to sports products.

Editor's Note: (July 2008) The Seiko STX1 Vibration-Sensing Clip-on Chromatic Tuner is a new tuner that I'm using on my ukuleles. I've used the Meisel, Korg and Intellitouch clip-on tuners.

The Meisel rattles and the Korg didn't hold up to my travels of toting a ukulele everywhere and the Intellitouch's battery cover won't stay on.


In the UK there is the clip on chromatic tuner Guitar Tech GT75 Clip-On Chromatic Tuner

Tuners are showing up in all shapes and sizes these days.

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A metronome is any device that produces a regulated audible and/or visual pulse, usually used to establish a steady beat, or tempo, measured in beats-per-minute (BPM) for the performance of musical compositions. It is an invaluable practice tool for musicians that goes back hundreds of years.

I have accumulated several metro devices over the years from the the classic wind-up pendulum metronome to various electronic metronomes.

Some musicians swear by them and others swear at them. But - one think for sure. EVERY musician is responsible for keeping and playing in time. An external time device like a metronome can be used too develop a great internal sense of time.

I have ALL my students work on playing in time.

Korg USA
316 South Service Rd
Melville, NY 11747

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Tuner, Metronomes and more...

(from their site) - In the early 1960s, Korg founder Tsutomu Katoh was a nightclub proprietor. A popular Japanese accordionist and engineer named Tadashi Osanai performed regularly at Mr. Katoh’s club, and one evening, Mr. Katoh told Osanai it would be nice to have a rhythm machine to keep the beat. Mr. Osanai was sure he could build a rhythm machine himself, and convinced Mr. Katoh to finance his efforts.

Rhythm Source
1050 North Point Street #1504
San Francisco, CA 94109

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This looks like a great metronome that would be a valuable resource for any musician and especially teachers.

There web site has a lot of great information on playing and developing time.

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The RhythmSource Metronome allows you to see as well as hear time, pulse, and meter.

The patented user-friendly visual interface makes practice more enjoyable with faster results as you stay in close touch with the meter, and the potential for silences within the phrases to develop your inner pulse.

Sabine, Inc.
Alachau, FL
904 418 2000
904 418 2001 (Fax)

Links

Editor's Note: (Feb 2007) This is the tuner and metronome that I use and reccommend to all my students. Korg also has a tuner/metronome with the same features.

Sabine Guitar & Bass Auto Tuner (ZIP700) Tuner. 6 note version of the STX tuners.
See more info...


Links and Resources

Metronomes (Software) click to show or hide or section

Links & information regarding software metronomes.

  • Metronome (link ) - Metronome is a free metronome for Mac OS X. (Requires Mac OS 10.3 or later. Metronome is a Universal Binary which runs 'natively' on both Intel and PPC Macs.)
  • Metronome 1.8 (link ) - Metronome is a nice and useful metronome. It closely mimics a real world clockwork metronome in that it has a bell which you can set to sound at intervals of every 2, 3, 4 or 6 beats.
  • Dr. Betotte (link ) - Multi divisions programable metronome/beat-box program, create any kind of complicated rhythms for practicing your instruments.

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