How to make a Kite Guitar: Difference between revisions
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A 6-string Kite guitar tuned in 3rds can be strung with a standard set of strings, but it's not ideal. The high strings will be somewhat slack, and the low strings will be somewhat tight. To find the appropriate gauges, use the D'Addario method: calculate each string's tension from its unit weight, length and pitch (frequency) by the formula T = UW x (2 x L x F)<sup>2</sup> / 386.4. For open strings, the length is the guitar's scale. The frequency in hertz of the Nth string of 8 strings tuned in the standard downmajor 3rds with a low string of vD is 440 * (2 ^ (-7/12 + (21 - 13*N) / 41)). For a 6-string guitar in mid-6 tuning, N ranges from 2 to 7. Or use the [[How to make a Kite Guitar#Frequencies|frequency table]] below. The unit weight is pounds per inch, and is a function of string gauge and string type (plain vs. wound, etc.). <u>Unit weights for a given gauge vary by manufacturer</u>. One can work backwards from this and select string gauges/types that give uniform tensions. The formula is UW = (T x 386.4) / (2 x L x F)<sup>2</sup>. | A 6-string Kite guitar tuned in 3rds can be strung with a standard set of strings, but it's not ideal. The high strings will be somewhat slack, and the low strings will be somewhat tight. To find the appropriate gauges, use the D'Addario method: calculate each string's tension from its unit weight, length and pitch (frequency) by the formula T = UW x (2 x L x F)<sup>2</sup> / 386.4. For open strings, the length is the guitar's scale. The frequency in hertz of the Nth string of 8 strings tuned in the standard downmajor 3rds with a low string of vD is 440 * (2 ^ (-7/12 + (21 - 13*N) / 41)). For a 6-string guitar in mid-6 tuning, N ranges from 2 to 7. Or use the [[How to make a Kite Guitar#Frequencies|frequency table]] below. The unit weight is pounds per inch, and is a function of string gauge and string type (plain vs. wound, etc.). <u>Unit weights for a given gauge vary by manufacturer</u>. One can work backwards from this and select string gauges/types that give uniform tensions. The formula is UW = (T x 386.4) / (2 x L x F)<sup>2</sup>. | ||
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