![]() I have needed to deal with a glockenspiel on stage quite a bit and I would just as soon have somebody push thumbtacks into my forehead as go through that sonic nightmare. They don't sustain hardly any and stay on there own side of the bed in ensembles. I've never had a problem with a marimba on stage. Was wondering if you tune a Marimba with a hacksaw and file, just hope you don't tune too sharp?Īnd if you tune too sharp, don't get mad - just keep your temper. you could always do a test recording with it, play a track on it with a midi track or something, or even your band, tuned to A-440 and just listen to it. That's not much compared to the beating of any ET major third on either instrument. One way of looking at it is that the A note played of guitar against marimba will beat twice per second. You might have some variations in pitch at different temps. ![]() But, if so, then the next question would be, "what temperature is the 442Hz reference tuning relative to?" I don't know if any temperature affect would be significant. Maybe warmer temps might cause the metal tubes to get longer, thus lowering the tuning slightly(?) I wonder what affect temperature has on the tuning of the Marimba? My guess is that temp. I have no doubt someone knows all about this. I still don't believe it would be a problem, but as I said, this isn't my area of expertise. Yes, after I posted I realized, wait a minute, that's hertz, not cents. I'm sure it's noticable - I'm just not sure that it would sound "out of tune". The difference between 440 Hz and 442 Hz is about 8 cents. Now I can really say this is just my 2 cents worth. I'm sure we've all been more off-tune many times. we haven't had tuners around that many years. but I really have a hard time believing that 2 cents sharp (edit: my mistake, it's 2 hertz, not cents) would constitute a string breakage problem, or any other kind. Not that it helps your marimba dilemma.Īdmittedly I'm not an expert at this subject so my post is only my comment and not advice. Sierra Laptop S-8 ( E6add9), Fender Stringmaster D-8 ( E13, C6 or A6)Ī couple of years ago an accordionist did overdubs on some tracks I had prepared, and he couldn't use his main accordion, had to grab one of his old ones. Williams D-12 E9, C6add9, Sierra Olympic S-12 ( F Diatonic) Has anyone here ever played in a band with an A=442 instrument? Does it sound out of tune, or just "brighter"?īobby Lee (a.k.a. I wonder how noticable the tuning difference would actually be if we kept the guitars at A=440. I'm a little nervous about 3rd string breakage at that higher pitch. If the guitars tune to that, I'll also have to raise the tuning of my steel. I see a potential problem in that the marimba is tuned to A=442. I hope to be switching off between pedal steel and marimba to add variety to our sound. It's a small, nice looking instrument that should work very well for our winery gigs next season. I've decided to buy a Yamaha YM-40 marimba. Your profile | join | preferences | help | search Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron.
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