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Extended-Range Instruments

Short answer: if you use a 5-string bass, 7-string guitar, 8-string guitar, or another extended-range instrument, make sure FeedBack knows your physical instrument setup.

Why It Matters

Some songs use fewer strings than your instrument has. A song may not require retuning if its strings match a contiguous part of your instrument. Other songs may require changing one or more strings.

Examples:

  • An 8-string guitar may already cover a 6-string standard-tuning song without retuning.
  • The same 8-string may still need one string changed for a dropped tuning if the tab expects that open string.
  • A 5-string bass can cover some 4-string songs without retuning if the song's strings line up with part of the bass.

What To Check

  • Instrument type.
  • String count.
  • Physical tuning.
  • Song arrangement tuning.
  • Reference pitch or cents offset if shown.

Tuning Prompts

A tuning prompt should mean "the song's displayed tab and your physical strings may not line up." It does not necessarily mean the note is impossible to play somewhere on your instrument. FeedBack is a tab-following app, so open-string tuning still matters for shown string/fret positions.

Practical Setup

  1. Set your instrument type.
  2. Set the correct string count.
  3. Set your physical tuning.
  4. Open a song.
  5. Check whether FeedBack says you need to retune.
  6. If the prompt looks wrong, include the song, arrangement, physical tuning, and screenshot when reporting it.

Common Problems

Problem Try This
FeedBack asks you to retune for a song your instrument can cover Confirm your physical string count and tuning are set correctly.
The tab does not match your strings Tune to the song arrangement or choose a different arrangement.
Extended-range settings are missing Check whether your build exposes the instrument setup UI.