My first tuning attempt

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Mark,
 
Great playing!  Always loved the c major etude, and never could play it. 
 
Tuning from A0 to c88 works in most cases, but I don't think it gives the ideal tuning to suit the ear in all situations, particularly at the bass-tenor break.
 
Learning to tune aurally is essential if you plan to tune professionally.  There are times when, for whatever reason, your device fails you.  When I had my ETD take an unscheduled swim one afternoon, and was left with an ear and a tuning fork, I was relieved that I had reasonably good aural skills.  When this, or something like it happens, being able to do an acceptable tuning without the aid of electronics is crucial. 
 
In all but the most hurried and stressful/noisy situations, even if I use Tunelab for much of the piano, I always check and make corrections by ear.
 
Dave Stahl

-----Original Message-----
From: engineering at raktron.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: My first tuning attempt


Avery wrote: 
> I really hate the MusicMatch Jukebox! It never seems to work! 
The files should open with Windows Media Player. 
> 
> Mark, I "think" Jim would agree with me, but learn to tune using the > temperament octave as your base and then work out from there! Then you > can check 3rd's, 10th's progression, etc. The only time I start at A0 > is when I'm doing a pitch raise! And that's only with my SAT III. Of > course, I was an aural tuner for 25+ yrs. before I started using an ETD! 
 
I didn't get far enough in my training for that kind of tuning, yet. I only had one 1.5 hour session, in which I only learned to tune unisons, and that's all I was really supposed to be practicing. However, Tunelab has a mode where it can listen to a few notes to determine the inharmonicity, and it will automatically determine a tuning curve, and calculate the exact frequency each note should be tuned to (I went with the default model, which I believe was 6:3 and 4:2). With this "automatic" mode, you can tune from the lowest note up to the highest, or in any order you want. 
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