[pianotech] Aural tuning question

[Dave Davis]

My apologies. I appreciate that you are trying to find a way to tune aurally. Aural tuning isn't my strong point, so I look for ways to make it less of a dirge. I usually can not pull intervals out of thin air. Finding songs that give me "ballpark" intervals is one of the ways I deal with my aural tuning inadequacies. When I am in the "ballpark" I use the traditional methods of aural tuning. There are plenty of good references to good aural tuning strategies, so I won't go into them. 

I'm not sure how to describe a fifth to you, other than, if you are familiar with the song "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", the interval (or difference in notes) between the first "Twinkle" and the second "Twinkle" is a fifth. For instance tune A4 to your tuning fork or pitch source, then tune the octave below (A3) and use that as the first note, "Twinkle". D4 will be the second "Twinkle". E4 will be "little".and so on. Try those 4 notes and if you like my crazy technique I will give you some other songs to try to fill in some other notes.

Best regards,

Dave Davis



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From: Duaine & Laura Hechler <dahechler at att.net>
To: dave at davispiano.com; pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 9:17:14 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Aural tuning question

Dave Davis wrote:
> I pick a song, like "twinkle twinkle little star". Set A4, then the octave below, then up a 5th, etc. You can pick different songs to get you in the ballpark. 
Plus assuming you have no sense of what a 5th sounds like - how do you
go - up - a 5th ?
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