True Temperament Explained (How to tune, calibrate etc.) 

You are a visionary, and an excellent teacher : You have patience, devotion, and a keen ear for the guitar. Many teachers just can't be bothered doing tuning in the lesson. This should be compulsory, at least at the Conservatory, where I can vouch that they left everyone get on with their own out of tune ness. "Let's get on with the lesson" The effect of playing an out of tune guitar is like the effect you get on your teeth when someone scratches a blackboard with their long fingernails. And depending on the temperature, the humidity, and your disposition for the day, it can be mission impossible. Not to mention that if your nail shape is not in good condition, some harmonic overtones will not be present, making this even worse. No one seems to know the hardship of a professional classical/ or other acoustic guitar style, with regard to a piano student or any other non-fretted instrument which allows for corrections on the go. You just sit down at the piano and play, and if you are pickie, then you call the piano tuner. I wasted many years of my life in search for the golden ratio of tuning, but I did have some good, gratifying experiences from time to time. Once again, thank you for taking the time to post this incredible tutorial and for blowing away some of the common urban myths about tuners.

Excellent explanation

Thinking of getting a Strandberg TT six string. Thanks for making this video; you did an amazing job of explaining the limitations of equal temperament on guitar.

Fascinating! Not drawn out at all.

Why don't they teach this at the conservatory. It's such an important aspect of the mastery of the guitar. Thanks for posting.

A groundbreaking idea!

Cool the benefits of a fretless and fret!

Thanks for the video. I actually thought all this true temperament stuff was just a bunch of snake oil but your demonstration is very good. I can actually hear the exact differences. Open position is more or less the same but as you go higher up the neck regular temperament is not consistent with inversions. (As you demonstrated). Possibly I might consider getting one in the future. Thank you for the great video.

Very meaningful..... 👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.....

Great video, thanks. In a detailed comparison like this, straight frets sound completely horrible and broken.

Thank you for explaining in detail. The FAQ from True Temperament mentions they previously offered other temperaments, e.g. "Meantone and True Temperament 12 tone equal" but currently only offers the Thidell Formula One temperament. Is that what the Sueño Series uses? I would be curious to know how it differs from equal temperament, exactly.

You spoke in b#. I do want to thank you for explaining. I’m was very interested in these. For me, the guitar should also sound like a guitar. If that makes sense.

Hi! You absolutely have to look for "precise temperament tunning", by robert edward grant. Its hard to find the exact article, but he made some posts about it on his facebook page. There is a very very good vid on youtibe about this specific temperament.

Engasjerende och informativ video, takk. Mycket bra ljudliga demonstrasjoner! Två ting kan man kanskje kommentara (?) Petersson Strobe Tuners fungera, i hvert fall før mig, riktigt bra. Och, komponister är ofta tveksamma att komponera før gitar därför at gitarren er et komplicerat instrument at komponer før. För at skriva bra behöver komponisten oftast mycket ny kunnskap (om instrumentet) och därför forholdsvis mye mer tid en för klaviatur och orkesterinstrument. At det skulle ha någonting med gitarrens intonasjon har i vart fall jag aldrig hørt. Det er få akustiska instrument annat en ett nystämt piano, eller orgel, som är temperert.........Jag har däremot hört komponister säga "-Jag skall aldrig mer komponera før gitar..." och det er trist......

does it help a guitar with straight frets if you tune to your offset or is it only applicable to tt guitars?

Which Tuner do you use in this video?

Are the positions of the frets affected by the type of strings you use? I.e. would the measurement be different if it is a steel-string guitar, or simply using strings with different gauge than originally intended?

Where you get this guitar with rare frets?

There is a slightly difference but I don't have clear it is going to be a standard

Do you make left handed guitars?

Are the offsets ONLY for open strings? E.g. if I want to set the intonation at the 12th fret, do I have to use the offsets there as well or switch to "regular tuning mode"?

..... oooooh, so i'm not crazy for retuning my G and B strings when i start playing low chords and then i start playing high chords on my regular guitar ?

Can you please explain why your "chromatic tuning offset" (at 31:43) says G should be plus 4 and D should be plus 2, but then your "open string tuning offsets" says dropped G should be plus 2 and dropped D should be minus 2? Can you also explain why the high E (1st string) and low E (sixth string) are not tuned identically according to your open string tuning offsets? Thank you!

Hmm varför säger din PDF fil -2 på låga E när man droppar till D och på videon står det -3?

So we tune true temperament frets at offsit on open strings just to facilitate true temperament on fretted notes. Couldnt they make the open strings at 0 offsits and any resulting temperament difference of the fretted notes by the adjusting(compensating) the bend(curve) of the frets? That could have been a perfect invention if it was mathematically/scientifically possible. In this way all notes(open and fretted) will be at 0 offsit on any fretboard which why they make this in the first place. Also, are true temperament frets have the same bends(compensation) accross all guitar brands or would each guitar maker have different true temperament fret compensation.

Can you use a "capo dastro" /cejilla ?

I apologize, I did not watch the entire video, but it would be interesting if you covered how to tune the guitar for different keys. I often having problems with my guitar being out of tune in certain parts of a composition. Usually I can fiddle around and try to figure out how to tune it correctly, but it's really just fumbling in the dark and it would be very useful to have some concrete guidelines like you provided here.

What kind of guitar is it ? Where can I buy it ?

01:20 I've seen concerns about fret maintenance and that TT is not equal temperament. I notice at no point do you explain what True Temperament actually is or what problem it solves or why you need "offsets".

Thank you so much for sharing this video. at 11:56 you meant to say "quirk" but you said "twerk" haha. That cracked me up. "twerk" is shaking of the buttocks and hips in a provocative fashion as a dance move 😜

now we just need guitars whit tt

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Man, i've been playing bullshit guitars all my life and true tempered frets exist. Also, I just got back from checking on some true temperament guitars, and I am sad to say that I will likely never have one of my own, but wow, what a dream come true.

Of course, when you use a slide, all bets are off ;)

No offense but can you just play it so we can hear it lol?