[Davesrose]

Indeed....I was trying to thing of the best example I could think of of a possible change in pitch with the attack of a note. Somewhere when I was taking guitar lessons, I learned that the pitch can be as large as a half step with a nylon string. Of course that's when you're trying to pluck the string vey loudly. I would also think that a nylon guitar string would be one of the most dynamic instruments for this. It's happening because you're pulling the string far enough to change its pitch. I wouldn't expect a piano string or a drum to have as large of a change of pitch....since those are hit and actually not pulled.

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Originally Posted by Steve999 He was talking about the attack and decay of a guitar string, which to a good musical ear can easily be heard as a very quick decrease in pitch after the initial pluck of the string. Whether or not it's to the extent of a half step in a nylon string guitar I don't know, but it doesn't seem to me to be that wild a claim.