Chords for Snark Auto Tuner for All Instruments Demo by JDMC

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_ Hi folks, Robbie Boone at Janet Davis Acoustic Music [N] and today we're going to be talking
to you about snark tuners and the one we're going to be demonstrating is a snark all instrument
tuner but I'm going to be using it on a banjo.
And the particular banjo I'm using it on is a Huber Mahogany Workhorse.
We'll talk to you a little bit about a couple of different mounts that you can use on this
tuner and some of the benefits of it.
And I guess it's just a minute and we'll get you some close-ups.
_ _ _ Okay, a couple of things I want to go over with you first.
While we do this, if you see the dial on this tuner moving around, there's a couple of things
that causes that.
A, this is a brand new unit with a brand new battery and it's super sensitive.
Usually after about the first 20 minutes of use the battery will kind of settle down and
it's not quite so uber sensitive.
And the fact that I'm using this on a banjo.
Banjo heads, if they're set the way they really should be, they'll be tuned to a note and
that note _ is generally believed that the optimum note is G sharp.
So what will be happening is while I talk, this banjo is picking up vibrations of my
voice and it's causing it to show a note.
So there's nothing wrong with the tuner.
This is very commonplace.
It happens.
So if you see that happening, don't worry about it.
It's doing what it's supposed to do.
Another thing, first thing that I want to do, one of the features I want to talk to
you about, this tuner has a built-in metronome and it's just a little black button right
up here on the side of the tuner and of course the tuner has to be turned on.
But the way you set this, you tap this in speed, whatever speed you're wanting to set
the metronome at.
So I can set it like so.
_ _ _ I set it at 47 beats a minute and when you see the little heart sign come on, that's
your metronome that is set to 47 beats per minute.
You can adjust this and turn it off right here with the little yellow button and you
can reset it again.
You can also set it faster.
There's 133 beats a minute.
Now you're going to have to be picking them up and putting them down to play 133 beats
a minute but it can be done.
So but anyway, that's one of the features of the tuner, nice little feature.
It does have a built-in metronome. _ _ _
_ Okay, we're going to give you a short demo on this tuner and the one that we're using
is a Snark SN8 and the mount that we have on it right now is the simple clip mount and
it will go to the peg head of most any instrument and it will clip around the bridge on an upright
bass so it's multi-use.
Simple on-off button right here at the bottom and I'll turn it off.
It's completely off and just press the button and it's back on.
You can see it's on because it lights up. _
The way these are used, you just simply pluck the string that you're wanting to tune and
with a banjo, the very first string is a D string so we plucked that D [Bb] string.
I didn't even [D] touch it.
It went to D but anyway, there's a D and what you're looking for is trying to keep that
line right in the center, that turquoise line, as long [F] as possible.
It will vary one way or the other but that's simply from the vibration of the string.
The longer it vibrates, it's going to change the note but the initial note that you hit,
[G] you want that to come to this center, to this turquoise [C] line and let me show you a little
bit about how that works.
I mean, like if we [G] were way flat, _ the red line will show you that you're flat and let
me turn it sharp. _
[D] The yellow, [N] greenish yellow line will show you that you're on the sharp side.
So the way you want to use this, you want to start below the note.
You always want to tune up to a note.
You don't ever want to tune down to a note because the string has memory and as soon
as you start to play, it's going to go all funky on you so always [D] tune down and then
tune up to pitch.
So I've got it tuned down.
We're going to bring this up to pitch until we get our turquoise line.
_ _ We're staying mostly on the turquoise line. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] So there we've got it staying at our turquoise [D] line most of the time [G] and so that's going
to be pitch and you can also use this for the harmonic, the 12th fret.
A lot of times a harmonic will work better than actually tuning the string open.
_ [Gm] _ [D] You see how slick that works?
It's real easy, real self-explanatory and we'll show you another mount here in just a minute.
We'll get re-rigged and we'll show you another way to mount this.
_ _ Okay, I'm going to show you a handy dandy little bracket that they've got that goes
with this that's solely for banjo players.
So banjo players are the ones that score on this deal.
And the way you do this, the snark is just set up on a ball socket.
See here, it just swivels in the back.
It's just simply a ball socket.
And the way you separate this and you want to make sure you pull straight out.
Don't pull down to one side because you might break one of these ears off and you don't
want to do that.
So just get it firmly in both hands and just pull the ball socket out like that.
See how simple it comes apart?
Now here's the cool part.
Here's the little bracket that mounts to your banjo in between the set of hooks and nuts.
And it just simply pops in like so.
_ And there you go, you've got a mount.
And how that mounts up, [C] you find two hooks and brackets wherever is comfortable on your banjo.
[Eb] On my banjo, I put it right here on the very top where all I have to do is just simply
look straight down at it.
And if I'm a little out of tune on stage, which never happens.
Banjo players are never out of tune.
I just simply turn on my tuner [D] and you can check a string and [N] you'll know right away
if you're flat or sharp and you can adjust.
And it's kind of inconspicuous.
I mean you can see it _ if you're in front of it or if a person is on stage.
But it still doesn't stick out quite like something does that's stuck out on the end
of your peghead.
This is a little bit more discreet.
_ And that's basically how that works.
It's a really cool little invention for banjo players.
And you can leave this on your banjo all the time.
Just make sure you turn it off when you put it in your case.
I mean it will go off after a while.
It has a timer on it.
If there's no activity it does go off.
But I always try to make sure that I turn it off.
And you can wrap your strap around it and it will go right in your case and leave it
right on the instrument.
Anyway, that's a handy dandy little bracket for the snark.
And we sell the snarks and we sell the brackets.
And if we can help you out on one of these, we sure would love to.
Just give us a shout and we'll get you fixed up.
1-800-933-5362.
Y'all take care. _ _ _ _ _ _