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 Re: Understanding Chromatic Tuner Readings
Author: Burt 
Date:   2018-10-20 23:39

The tuner doesn't know what key you're in. Since it's based on the tempered scale, it doesn't matter; the frequency ratio between half-steps is the twelfth root of 2.

When you're playing in a given key (YOU know what key you're in), you MAY want to de-tune the thirds and sixths to the traditional values of these notes. That's what I think the arrows on the tuner are for.

In the traditional scale, the major third is 1.25 times the frequency of the root, which is flatter than the tempered scale major third. The minor third is 1.5/1.25 = 1.2 times the frequency of the root, which is sharper than the tempered scale minor third.
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