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Tuning devices
Question: What should I use to tune my sanshin?
You can find hundreds of different tuners for sale on the internet, but the most common ones I’ve seen are these:
[From the left: Korg CA-30, Tombo pitch pipe, Korg micro tuner.]
If I had to recommend a tuner, I’d probably go with the Tombo pitch pipe because even though most players I’ve met do not use tuners, the ones that do use the pipe.
For some people, using one of those electronic tuning devices is easiest, but for me those things are as frustrating as those bubble level tools that carpenters use; which is why I prefer tuning by ear.
