This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I have just started to study piano technology with a correspondence = course, and one of the text books suggests that it is necessary to = recognize beat rates of 7, 8 and 9 beats per second in order to tune = certain intervals such as 3rds and 6ths. To me this seems extremely = subtle, and I am wondering whether most people can tell these beat rates = apart just by listening? At the moment I am having difficulty even = hearing the beats in the first place, and was wondering if anyone can = suggest how they can be made to be more pronounced and easily heard?=20 I don't have much problem with unisons. I can hear the beat rate slow = down when the frequency of one string gets closer to the other, and then = the quality suddenly improves (probably by sympathetic vibration?) when = I get a good unison.=20 Does one's ability to hear beats and to determine their speed improve = with experience? Thank you for your advice.=20 Robert Finley ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/87/ba/91/28/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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