A: Tuners vary. Of course, you can use any tuner, except for one thing you should keep in mind.
Electronic tuners have to have a ‘window’ of frequency that is acceptable. If the window is narrow, then it is very very difficult for the human to hit the exact spot where the light turns green.
But if [...]
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Q: What about Daniel Schell’s “Mirror Fourths’ tuning, described in the ‘My Space’ method book?
A: Schell’s method enjoys good acceptance as an outstanding method, especially for musicians who plan to do a lot of reading. The factory can restring basses per Schell’s method, and reset the Feiten Intonation System so that you get those benefits under his tuning as well. If you’ll not be using our standard strings, we’ll [...]
Q: Can Mobius provide the European ‘uncrossed hands’ tuning?
A: Yes, on most instruments, we can. On standard tuning, the bass strings group is nearest your face, and in ‘uncrossed hands’ the instrument is restrung so that the harmony strings group is closest to your face and bass strings group furthest. The benefit is that your left hand on the left side of the [...]
Q: Why is Mobius’s standard tuning like a bass?
A: Why not? It’s a bass! The tuning of a standard six-string bass is a good thing. Musicians all around the world already know this tuning so it’s easy for them to learn touch-style on a tuning they already know.
There is also the popular bass-strings tuning we call ‘Inverted Fifths’ which has some enthusiasts among [...]
Q: I worked a long time to learn six strings on my guitar. How can playing these twelve strings be easy?
A: It’s easier than it looks. Did you ever hear about the guy who, seeing a piano for the first time, said, “Man! How can you ever mash all those notes at once?”
It’s the same idea. You don’t play them all at once. In fact, we start out just playing three strings just above fret [...]
