JI for guitar

I've received some helpful responses to my query about JI for
standard guitar and thought that maybe if I clarify my original
question I might get more. I realize that with a guitar with
standard frets it's not possible to obtain all pitches.
Rather I'm trying for different possible open tunings based on
relationships in JI.
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Erik Nauman
K-2 teacher
The Rice School/La Escuela Rice
Houston, TX
enauman@rice.houstonisd.k12.tx.us
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> One comment he made
> which I found fascinating was that there was no true equal temperament
> on piano before this century because the technology to tune EQ did not
> exist until then

I suppose that depends on how "true" they want their equal-temperament to be.
Almost no implementation of equal-temperament or any other tuning can ever be
absolutely 100% exact.

Best I can tell, pianos have historically been tuned by techniques that owe
their heritage to the old harpsichord tuning techniques, to which they added
somewhat stretched octaves toward the upper range of the instrument. Still, I
would say that, for purposes of practical music, pianos have been tuned to equal
temperament nearly since their conception.

But anyway, perhaps Jorgensen is refering to the increased use of electronic
tuners in recent times?


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