Mock tuning test ??

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 11/2/99 8:50:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tito@PhilBondi.com (Phil Bondi) writes:

<< Is it proper to compare yourself to a previously set, tried and true, FAC
 tuning?
 
 Phil >>

Yes, it is a perfectly fine place to start.  Even though the Examiners use 
the FAC programmed tuning as a place to start and then refine it to the 
maximum, the tolerances that are built into the Exam generally provide for 
the amount of difference there will be.  Most people I have have known of 
that had used an SAT and an FAC program passed the electronic portion of the 
Exam with very high scores.  The problem was that when some of them were 
asked to do just 2 octaves in the middle aurally, they just could not meet 
tolerances.

Now, the procedure has been changed so that each applicant must tune the 
first 2 octaves aurally at the beginning of the Exam.  If this part is not 
successful, the remaining time may be used as a tutoring session.

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin