Friends, A couple of weeks ago I posted a note about how I have been having troubles hearing the beats while aurally tuning temperaments. Well, here's something that helps me in my practicing: I strip-mute the piano as I would normally, then place small pieces of felt between the right and center strings at the nodal points of the partials I'm trying to listen for. For instance, suppose I want to practice listening to a Major 3rd. The coincident partials are at the 5th partial of the lower note and the 4th partial of the upper note. So I stick my little pieces of felt at 1/5 (or 2/5) along the distance of the lower string, that is, a nodal point of the 5th partial; and at 1/4 along the distance of the upper string. (see attached photo). Then when I play the interval the partials really ring out and the beats can be heard clearly. (It's easy to find these nodal points simply by running your finger along the string as you play it.) It's also interesting to play the notes individually to listen for the slight difference in pitch between the two. Hope this helps anyone in the same boat as me. And thanks to all who responded to my previous post. Dave David B. Stang, 2/3 of the way toward RPT Columbus OH -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: M3rdNodes.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 39340 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060914/edd2b450/attachment-0001.jpe
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