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Android accordion tuner
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Why "accordion tuner"? #37

Closed ahstro closed 4 years ago

ahstro commented 4 years ago

I've been using this app to tune guitars for a while and it's been working fine, but I keep seeing the phrase "accordion tuner" all over and I'm curious: Why? Does this app cater specifically to accordions in some way I'm not familiar with? I'm not that knowledgeable about music, so I might be overlooking something obvious.

billthefarmer commented 4 years ago

You can use it to tune any musical instrument, but I did develop it with accordions in mind. Most accordions except very small ones have more than one reed per key/button. Thats why the spectrum view will show up to eight separate notes so you can tune all the reeds at the same time and get the vibrato/tremolo/wetness just as you want it. If you, on your guitar, play two strings with nearly the same note you should see them show up on the display.