>I think if you ask most ETD using tuners why they use the machine >instead of just aurally, one of the answers will be >they suddenly found their solid tunings were in fact drifting >slightly...i.e. going back over notes previous tuned, even within >the same unison you were tuning...;-] >Aurally, we rely on one string as being set and tuning the other >strings to it and venturing out...but if it changes? If you >aurally tune with a temp strip and come back to do the unisons you >are kidding yourself... <smile> One adjusts to that in various ways. I also present to you the idea that there is a line between reasonable and unnecessary accuracy, and the machines are well past the line. If a machine were invented which allowed one to measure a note to a hundredth of a cent, some turkey would probably think he had to work to that level. I think that aural tuning allows for a more natural judgment of which aspects of tuning and voicing really make a difference to performers and listeners, as opposed to those which are just easiest to measure. But then, I am biased ... Susan Kline
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