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Gary Marcus, Cognitive Psychologist, Answers Readers' Questions - New York Times (blog)

Gary Marcus, Cognitive Psychologist, Answers Readers' Questions
New York Times (blog)
The so-called standard or Spanish tuning allows the expert to (relatively) easily form many common chords, and transpose them into different keys, but at the cost of transparency in the layout. There are actually other ways of tuning a guitar that ...

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Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM

Peavey Builds An Auto-Tuning Guitar - TechCrunch

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Peavey Builds An Auto-Tuning Guitar
TechCrunch
Guitar-maker Peavey has teamed up with audio electronics experts Antares to create an auto-tuning guitar. While these things aren't new – Gibson has had robotic tuners for a while – this system is unique in that it senses and corrects the pitch of the ...

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Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM

Radio 66.6 More Ghoulish Happenings in the Music World - Dread Central

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Dread Central

Radio 66.6 More Ghoulish Happenings in the Music World
Dread Central
By Alex DiVincenzo Thanks for tuning in to Radio 66.6! Everything went smoothly for the first week so I'm back with another dose of music news. If you have a tip, feel free to submit it. Be sure to check back every Monday to stay up-to-date on the ...

Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM

Peppino D'Agostino Interview: Beyond the Guitar - Guitar International

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Guitar International

Peppino D'Agostino Interview: Beyond the Guitar
Guitar International
Brad: You use a lot of alternate tunings on the guitar. Can you tell us what you like about them and how a young player might get started using them too? Peppino D'Agostino: I use both standard and alternate tunings. With the standard tuning I am able ...

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The Peavey AT-200 Is the T-Pain of Electric Guitars - Gizmodo

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The Peavey AT-200 Is the T-Pain of Electric Guitars
Gizmodo
This new guitar has a built-in Auto-Tune feature that can change the pitch and tuning of any note played—in real-time—at the press of a button. Sure, Gibson's been making self-tuning guitars for a while now, but the AT-200 works differently.

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Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM

Review: Tune It - All About Symbian

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All About Symbian

Review: Tune It
All About Symbian
But we all have to tune our guitars every time we get the 'ol six string (or in my case the 12-string) out - which is why there's a booming cottage industry on every mobile platform in guitar tuning aids of every type. Here's a free option for Symbian.

Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM

Magma Classical Guitar Strings Offer A New Approach In Sound - Examiner.com

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Magma Classical Guitar Strings Offer A New Approach In Sound
Examiner.com
By Phyllis Pollack Among innovative new items seen for classical guitar at NAMM 2012 are Transpositor classical guitar strings. Silver plated wound, they are available from Magma in several tunings for guitars with standard guitar bodies and fretboard ...
Janet Feder: "Imagine somebody steals a guitar like that, and they're sort of ... Westword (blog)

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Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 11:25:32 PM