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How do I tune Amy?

Writer: Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Aug 11
1 min read

I tune against the sympathetic resonance of the instrument itself. That's how I play it in with fresh strings. Struck correctly, the low string can activate all the other overtones. From underneath, with the underside of the pulgar. Rolling it over the string, tanpura style. - Works with all the strings, then the colours dance. Māori musicians have an internal reference pitch (oro matua). - When the strings are settled, I use whatever tuning method is appropriate.

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Aug 13

I don't fiddle around with minute adjustments. I bend the pitch from a semitone away. More like an Indian musician than some wonk with a tuner on the head.

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