When I was playing my mandolin this morning I noticed the intonation was out on only my E string what do I do?
Intonation Troubles
When I was playing my mandolin this morning I noticed the intonation was out on only my E string what do I do?
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
Re: Intonation Troubles
Have you changed your strings recently?
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ben bout' a month or soOriginally Posted by OldSausage
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
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Bridge may have shifted, .. they do that.
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It's always worth putting on a new set of strings before checking intonation, since old strings will always have poor intonation in my experience. I would do that first, and then check again. Is it out by much?
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its out a good ways and its only my e string
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
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Well, see, that's the thing. If it's only one string, that suggests your bridge is in about the right place, since the intonation is okay on the others, so the problem is most likely with your string. The reason I would recommend a whole new set is that otherwise they won't be all equally old, so you could get other intonation problems. I change my strings around 4 - 6 weeks.
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Thank you for your help
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
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Look very closely at your bridge. Make sure it is sitting straight up. It doesn't take much of a lean to pull it out of tune or intonation. Everytime you tighten and loosen strings it wants to pull you bridge forward towards the fret board.
Also check at the 12th fret by hitting an open string then at the 12th should be exactly one octave higher. If you cannot hear it use a tuner and try hitting a chime at the 12th fret. You may need to reposition your bridge.
It's possible it could be one bad string but I seriously doubt it but changing strings never can hurt.
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i'm 100% shure its out and the bridge is straight but i guess i could look again.Look very closely at your bridge. Make sure it is sitting straight up. It doesn't take much of a lean to pull it out of tune or intonation. Everytime you tighten and loosen strings it wants to pull you bridge forward towards the fret board.
Also check at the 12th fret by hitting an open string then at the 12th should be exactly one octave higher. If you cannot hear it use a tuner and try hitting a chime at the 12th fret. You may need to reposition your bridge.
It's possible it could be one bad string but I seriously doubt it but changing strings never can hurt.
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
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Start with the new strings.
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i will
"All the fuss about learning music theory, and now we see that most teachers only teach you how to use one tenth of the elements on our list! Their music theory only teaches you how to use notes, and it's only a theory! That's it! Nothing else! It doesn't teach you about dynamics, feel, tone, or anything else on the list, only notes. It should be called note theory, not music theory, because it doesn't teach you Music!"~The Music Lesson, By: Victor Wooten
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