| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] piano stuff | | Date: | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 08:47:54 (-0600) | | From: | Dave Dillman <dmdillman @.........net>
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Remember that guitar in general and resonator guitars also are notated
an octave above what they really sound.
Your #1 Pal wrote:
> The actual question was to find out what C note on a dobro tuned to G
> matches a Piano's Middle C. If I have this correct now, it's the first fret
> of the fifth string. Fifth string being the second thickest string or
> second closest to you as you play. Now, the reason I needed to know is that
> I had to transcribe a particular lick and send off in email to a fiddler who
> as we all know, know all about that theory stuff. I sent her first a list
> of notes and she said it made no sense cause she didn't know which were
> higher or lower. Her suggestion was to reference it all the middle c. That
> C being called C4 ( and very explosive btw) and the B to C below it being
> called *3 and the C# to B above it being called *5 and so on. Seemed easier
> than writing it all out on music staff at the time. Although I also assumed
> that the middle C must be the fifth fret on the third string and sent it off
> to her that way. Apparently wrong, she probably plays the lick an octave?
> Higher?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: laruepork@netzero.net [mailto:laruepork@netzero.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:33 PM
> To: resoguit-l@elistas.com
> Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] piano stuff
>
> John D. Said 2nd String, First Fret for C.
>
> Yep, the B strings BOTH lend the FIRST C on the G Tuned Fretboard.
>
> My question now goes back to the original question of 'where's Middle C?'
>
> Does that question refer to the C in the middle of the fretboard on the
> dobro, or the actual cycles per second of a pure MIDDLE C on a piano
> (256cps) . . . which would be two different things, I think . . . I have NO
> idea what cps ratings are for the dulcimer fretboard!
>
> You math/theory folks need to jump in and save this trainwreck I'm
> engineering!!!
>
> HELP!!! lol
>
>
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