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The system consists of a compensated string nut (or "shelf nut") and a method for intonating the bridge. The system was licensed to Washburn Guitars (1995–2010) and Suhr Guitars. [citation needed] The tuning system is intended to create more accurate tonality of notes played on the lowest three or four frets. [citation needed]
The song "Brain Stew" is about vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong dealing with insomnia. According to Armstrong himself, "Brain Stew" was originally called "Insomniac" on demo (hence the title of the album on which it is featured), [7] and "Brain Stew" is a reference to Armstrong's long-time friend, James Washburn, who is nicknamed Brain ...
This is the most common tuning system used in Western music, and is the standard system used as a basis for tuning a piano. Since this scale divides an octave into twelve equal-ratio steps and an octave has a frequency ratio of two, the frequency ratio between adjacent notes is then the twelfth root of two, 2 1/12 ≋ 1.05946309... .
Close-up of the headstock of a Portuguese guitar. Preston tuners or machines (also known as peacock, fan, or watchkey tuners) is a type of machine head tuning system for string instruments, named for English cittern (English guitar) maker John Preston and developed in the 18th century.
Standard tuning is the tuning most frequently used on a six-string guitar and musicians assume this tuning by default if a specific alternate (or scordatura) is not mentioned. In scientific pitch notation, [4] the guitar's standard tuning consists of the following notes: E 2 –A 2 –D 3 –G 3 –B 3 –E 4.
Originally recorded on 7-String Guitars tuned down, the band switched to 8-String Guitars shortly after the album was released. The band play the song live a full step up from the original in F Standard Tuning on 8-String Guitars. D tuning – D'-G'-C-F-A ♯-d-g / D'-G'-C-F-B ♭-d-g Four and one half steps down from standard.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (1968) Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin (1969) 25 or 6 to 5 - Chicago (1970) Black Sally - The Human Instinct (1970) Brain Stew - Green Day (1995) InlineRanger 01:47, 4 August 2014 (UTC)
Scholz Research & Development, Inc. was the name of the company founded by musician and engineer Tom Scholz to design and manufacture music technology products. Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who developed many of his skills as a product design engineer working on audio-production equipment at Polaroid in the early 1970s.