---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 5-feb-05, at 20:36, Richard Brekne wrote: > List > > Been reading this post with interest. Liked especially David Loves=20 > comments, good points and good advice. All this goes to illustrate how=20= > easy it is to <<misuse>> (and I mean no criticism per se to our=20 > origional poster on this matter) the ETD. ETD's are in my opinion no=20= > substitute for the ear, rather a potential valuable suplement.=20 > Regardless of whether or not any of you will go that in remaining=20 > skeptical to ETD's I think really no one should doubt the value of a=20= > solid theoretical fundement in tuning theory. If you know what tuning=20= > is about in terms of coincident partials matching, you will be able to=20= > conciously employ the ETD to create a very fine tuning. If you=20 > combine that in turn with a keenly developed musical ear (yes a=20 > subjective issue.. to a point) You will be able to solve any=20 > particular pianos puzzle in as pleasing a fashion as is possible. > > I would suggest buying the inexpensive yet very readable and valuable=20= > booklet "On Pitch" available from the PTG home office. Read through it=20= > several times if needed to fully digest it. > > One other word... also being a <<fan>> as it were of the approach put=20= > forward by Virgil Smith, and adhered to by many... not the least of=20= > these our own David Andersen, I would encourage one and all to attend=20= > any available classes on that subject. Bringing both perspectives to=20= > bear in developing your own style can be invaluably instructive. > > Cheers > RicB OK bud, but then, after having tuned aurally for the greater part of my life,=20 and, having been mauled and aurally sharpened by the Yamaha Acadamy,=20 just like you, I have come to the humiliating but also enlightening=20 conclusion that my ETD gives me that very same result not in two hours=20= time, like at the Academy, but in 45 minutes (or less) every time,=20 every day, and especially on every instrument. You know me personally, you surely would not suggest that I don't know=20= what I am talking about? (Although, I have already learned that in this life, anything is=20 possible). I will keep thinking, and saying, that nowadays we finally have=20 extremely efficient ETD's. To me, an efficient ETD tells me personally about pitch, nothing else.=20= It helps me tuning the strings at the most compromised pitch. The making of tone, is a different matter and far more important,=20 because most people can not tell the difference whether a 5th is almost=20= perfect, or not. Over and out. friendly greetings from ANDR=C9 OOREBEEK Where 'music' is no harm can be www.concertpianoservice.nl ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3544 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/1a/4c/84/f8/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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