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Timple tuner
A free timple tuner in your phone's browser: the Canarian timple's five strings, G C E A D with the E as the lowest, one at a time, with a needle and the cents. Nothing uploaded.
Five strings, and the middle one is the lowest. Mika expects that and tunes the E down.The microphone closes when you stop, when all is in tune, or after half a minute of quiet. Nothing is recorded.
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The strings in Hz
Standard (G C E A D)
| String | Note | Hz |
|---|---|---|
| 5th | G4 | 392.00 |
| 4th | C5 | 523.25 |
| 3rd | E4 | 329.63 |
| 2nd | A4 | 440.00 |
| 1st | D5 | 587.33 |
Other tunings
| Tuning | Notes | Hz |
|---|---|---|
| Third string on F | G4 C5 F4 A4 D5 | 392.0 · 523.3 · 349.2 · 440.0 · 587.3 |
At A4 = 440 Hz; the reference switch above moves them all.
How to tune
The timple is the Canary Islands' small five-string guitar with a rounded back. Its tuning, G C E A D from the fifth string to the first, looks like a ukulele's with a D added, but the order is unusual: the third string, E, is the lowest and thickest note of the five, with the G and the C both above it.
Tuners that assume the strings rise from G to D will pull the E up an octave, and a nylon E tuned an octave high breaks; tune it down to the E above middle C. Some older players raise the third string a semitone to F, G C F A D; that is the second switch.
Then play something
The notes you tuned can go into Brumm as a short melody over a beat. Hum a line on top and it becomes an instrument.
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