In fact C# is slightly higher than Db, but they are played by the same key on the piano, and there is only one fret for them on each string on a guitar. There is a mathematical relationship between every note in a scale. I won't bore you with all the math but the simplest relationships are: the octave is twice as many vibrations per second as the prime and the fifth is the prime plus one third of the difference between the prime and the octave. This means that if your guitar is perfectly in tune to play a C chord and you want to play a perfect D chord you must raise your E and B strings a little.

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This is a dusty close up of an asymmetrical detail. I had already cut the pearl to do the same thing on the other side of the fingerboard, then, in the spirit of Pi, I went with irrational. My initials and the year, carved from ebony, serve to reinforce the centerline joint of the back, while allowing the center strip to show on the inside of the guitar.

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