[hb]

I have paid very close attention to some very good players as they are tuning their guitar and warming up their fingers. I am amazed at the fact that as they tune their guitars, they are playing some very pretty music to get their guitar in tune. I have no idea what they are doing, but I made mention to one player that he tuned his guitar prettier than I can play a song. I am dying to know what and how they are doing this. Does someone know some of these techniques? About all I know is going across the 5th and 7th frets for comparison of tones in regards to tuning. Can someone elaborate on this?
thanks in advance,
hb

[Stratrat]

From what you're describing, it sounds like they're tuning using harmonics. You place your finger on the string very lightly (not pushing it down to the fretboard), pluck the string and immediately pull your finger off the string. The resulting sound is a bell-like tone. The 5th fret harmonic on a lower string will sound like the 7th fret harmonic on the next higher string, except for the usual "kink" in tuning between the G/B strings.