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Re:Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different... by Tade0 on Monday August 29, 2022 @03:39AM (#32635623)
Kinda is, considering that the frequencies for each note are a standard and used by all equal temperament instruments.

Guitars are almost never perfectly in tune according to that standard, but like I said - people generally don't mind.

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Re:Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different... by palimpsests on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:12PM (#32641480)
yes, I am aware that conventional guitars have fundamental issues with intonation in equal temperament systems.

this has not prevented it from being a versatile instrument that is quite capable of being played “enough” in tune with ensembles of other instruments, such that the vast majority of people hear zero problems.

how is what we hear in music less relevant than whether or not a given instrument is not perfectly in tune, mathematically speaking, if that variation in tuning is imperceptible to human hearing?

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