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Give it a listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM9KRpEkGfY]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244374 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244251 Sat, 26 May 2007 02:44:45 +0000
Sometimes I'm a squirrel, more often I'm a nut.
:lol: :D :D :D]]> Guitar Players Discussion Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244251 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244177 Fri, 25 May 2007 18:33:50 +0000
Sometimes I'm a squirrel, more often I'm a nut.
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Cheers,

Chris]]> Guitar Players Discussion Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244157 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244151 Fri, 25 May 2007 16:41:51 +0000
A popular song I've always noticed this phenomenon very strongly in is Queen's Fat Bottom Girls, on the last note of the main riff. I think it's probably deliberately emphasized there for effect. :lol:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244151 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244097 Fri, 25 May 2007 06:20:39 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Long https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-244097 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243760 Wed, 23 May 2007 17:01:45 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243760 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243679 Wed, 23 May 2007 03:14:52 +0000
An ideal string would hold a steady pitch at any volume. A real string will not. In addition to the ideal factors of mass and elasticity, a real string has stiffness. That is most noticeable in strings that are relatively slack, which for most of us means the sixth string. When first plucked, the string is swinging through a wide range of motion, and near the extremes of its vibrational swing the motion stretches the string tighter, making the pitch of the string go sharper. As the range of the vibration decays, the average tension of the string becomes less, and the pitch goes flatter. Watch the pitch on your tuner as you pluck the string and let it decay for a while. It always starts sharp and goes flatter. Some tuners show it better than others, as some react more instantaneously, while others average the pitch over a longer period.

Like I said, this happens with EVERY string, but it's a much less noticeable effect with strings that are stretched tightly. The nearer to the breaking point a string is stretched, the more nearly it behaves like an ideal string. That's one reason some like the sound of heavy gauge strings better. They stay on pitch more precisely.
:D]]> Guitar Players Discussion Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243679 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243651 Wed, 23 May 2007 00:10:17 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243651 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243580 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:53:42 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/change-in-pitch-on-the-low-e-string/#post-243580