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Thread #58292   Message #924168
Posted By: Seamus Kennedy
02-Apr-03 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: Joan Baez concert guitar question
Subject: RE: Joan Baez concert guitar question
Sometimes playing under hot lights causes to stretch slightly and go flat. Tightening them up brings them back into tune.
Conversely, playing a cold venue which I have done on more than one occasion, causes the strings to shrink/tighten and go sharp. Hence the need to tweak again.
Also with some performers it's a nervous thing. The guitar isn't out of tune, but the singer needs to do something with his/her hands while they talk to the audience.

Seamus who still likes ol' Joanie