True Temperament Frets Explained By A Music Doctor
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Published 2023-01-20
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Temperaments explained
3:25 Summary for non musicians
4:18 True Temperament Explained
5:40 Test 1
6:33 Test 2
8:23 Test 3
9:44 Test 4
11:33 my Thoughts
15:40 Worth The Price?
17:43 more Sustain?
18:52 Polishing frets
19:31 True tempered in all keys?
20:28 Bends and vibrato
20:58 Special Tuning process
21:33 Do things sound weird?
22:05 Two Guitars Together
23:14 Only 1 tuning
23:43 Bonus Metal
24:55 Tapping
25:28 More tests
All Comments (21)
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Checkout My best-selling teach-yourself course: www.andrefludd.com/one-course-to-make-you-intermed… Disclaimer! This is not academic or peer-reviewed research! I've cut many details and simplified certain parts to keep the format fun and a "reasonable" length. Also, if for some ungodly reason, you make it to around the 27:40 mark, there is an error with the last 2 test examples.
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It's funny, I recognised TT in most of the samples but I've been conditioned enough on normal frets that they sound more natural and better to me. This might have ended my GAS for a TT fretted guitar. Very informative video!
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I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and I found a simple solution to the tonal variations of standard frets and tuning. If you make enough mistakes, the rest of the notes sound pretty good by comparison. Then if you sing like a donkey sitting on a hornets nest nobody can hear your mistakes, or poor tone. Epic win! Flawless victory! Of course my channel view count might be a clue that this is generally not a strategy other people want to hear. Luddites.
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Your dedication to these analysis is crazy! Very underated channel.
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It’s interesting that you talk about your solution of using a vibrato to mask pitch inconsistencies - In studio work we often double track guitars or use subtle modulation like chorus, partly to make up for the guitar’s natural pitch inconsistencies, kind of in the same fashion!
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The quality of your content is simply astounding and as a 20 year old musician from argentina you inspire me to chase my musical education simply by making these awesome videos . Keep at it man
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I am so excited I found your channel after 25 years of guitar research online, your channel is a gem
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"You'd have to buy a guitar for each key, which prolly wouldn't bother most guitarists anyway since we love buying lots of gear" Best point here
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An A+ from me for this explanatory video. Finally someone that touch this topic. Excellent that you don't put a ton of EQs and compression for audio examples and let it as raw as possible.
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What an absolute pleasure stumbling on a channel that is produced but not overly produced from an author who is clearly not an idiot. Subscribed and will definitely follow more content.
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Easy to spot in all examples. I have 3 TT neck guitars and can never go back. The only problem is when getting used to it, at my ears gotten so sensitive that I have to keep it in perfect tuning and even adjust how hard to press each string in different chords.
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The most groundbreaking development in guitar construction I’ve ever come across.
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This was incredible and stuff I've never gotten into before. Completely fascinating. The tests at the end were great, but as pleasing as the TT version sounded in almost every case, I couldn't help but think the other version sounded more typically guitar-like to me--slightly off and a bit more like how it would sound live in my mind. I don't think I'd ever be able to tell if TT is used or not if it's mixed in with a band. As always, your hard work shows through in each video.
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What I find fascinating is that in test 3, the true temperament guitar seemed to me to break up the amp more because the frequencies were aligned better and thus they amplify each other. Thank you for this material. I was looking into TT for some time now. I laughed at the TT Freebird.
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Having the strings as low as possible without buzz and the neck as straight as possible (only minimal relief) helps with intonation...
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Good to know that KDH is following you. Both great guitar channels.
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The ability to adjust intonation on the fly is one of my favorite things about playing fretless bass. It’s very satisfying to find the perfect place to “sit” in a chord with other players.
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I'm so glad I found this channel. I discovered it when I came across the video about you giving up analog. I discovered it a bit too late to save me from these clunky tube amps that I can't bring myself to get rid of. But I found it just in time to watch this video and prevent me from investing in one of these instruments. The way you presented it definitely kept me from making yet another costly purchase that wouldn't really benefit me much.
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Great video, I didn't expect the "Devine Prank" problem that was the bane of Renaissance and Baroque music theorists' existence to show up, but you did a great job of explaining it! Fux would be proud!
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Nice presentation. The standard frets sounded better in almost every case to me. I think the guitar has bent my ear, lol. I do think nearly as much could be done with setting up your intonation by summing or prioritizing which notes are more in tune, as opposed to defaulting to the 12th fret/ 1st harmonic checks. Once the first drum cracks and a cool breeze rolls in it’s all a balancing act anyway. Vibrato sounds yum.
