Tune It Up Buttercup

Ever see those videos where random pieces laid on a table top when with vibration they form geometric patterns?

I have convinced myself that strings tuned in 5ths and octaves actually want to be in tune with one another, similar to the pieces on the table.

Especially with wooden pegs the strings jump into tune with each other. Like, seldom does the peg just tune smoothly it kinda creaks in incremental stages most of the time. Not audibly but you feel it with your fingers. And one of those little creaks will be in perfect tune for you.

But you have to believe this is true for it to work.

I believe. And it works.