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Similarly on the guitar, you can isolate different harmonics of the fundamental tone by touching your fingers over the 12th, 7th, 5th, and 4th frets (to name the main ones) while plucking the string. These frets correspond to 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, and 1/5 the string lengths.
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UPDATE: Just found out that, at least in the case of piano, positioning the hammer at ~1/7 string length has another specific purpose: To suppress the 7th harmonic resonance, which is significantly out of tune with the equal tempered scale.
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My VCR blinks 1200 1200 1200... When this blinking is set to a 3/4 beat with a metronome, and the vcr is placed 1/10th of a cubit from the coffee maker, and one taps with your little finger on the table next to the vcr, my wife will walk over to me and tell me to take out the trash... !!?? Incredible, but true..
LFE ! The rest is just details..
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ROFLMAO! Thanks, Mikey, I needed that!!
And I think I can probably validate your research...
bibere usque ad hilaritatem
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Nooo prob Tom...
Hey Alan !! Here we go again.. ROFLMAO ??
Tom, I have a hard nuff time keeping up with the 3 letter shortcuts.. But 7 ? Ouch.. My age is showing.. Again..
LFE ! The rest is just details..
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ROFLMAO?! Yikes! It's taken me ages to remember LOL (explained to me by my ex, probably on examining the monthly cheque I send North). I'm gonna consult my lexicon of terms that Amie sent me.
Regards,
Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)
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Re: Request for advice from a novice
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Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Anatomy Off.
Sorry to be cryptic. I can only aspire to actual nerdhood.
bibere usque ad hilaritatem
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Glad to know I am not alone in this..
Now, where did I put those car keys ???
LFE ! The rest is just details..
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