On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:44 AM, William Monroe <pianotech at a440piano.net>wrote: > Hmmmm, > > I dunno. I've always used beats and don't know of another "method." Maybe > some Virgil acolytes can suggest something? > There is no other way than to listen for beats. I've tuned quite a bit with open unisons, but you still listen for beats. With Virgil's method, beats are still heard, but you're listening for a certain sound quality that is caused by the beat. > > I think it's safe to say that I've put in at least a few hundred hours of > direct aural tuning study (simply practicing), and many thousands of hours > indirectly (while tuning others instruments) - which continues daily. > Right. You learn the theory, then apply it. Repeat until it becomes second nature. And then continue refining the craft the rest of your life. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081223/331ad0be/attachment.html>
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