[pianotech] Aural tuning question

[Scott Jackson]

Well,
I'd really like to be a surgeon, but I don't think that I should need to be
able to tell the difference between a heart and a kidney.....

Yes, to tune without an ETD will require some minimal level of interval
recognition. If you are wishing to discuss the RPT exam, may I suggest the
PTG-L list http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/ptg-l_ptg.org. Or you could come
to Australia, where aural tuning is not required to become an ARPT
(http://aptta.org.au/8.html).

Scott Jackson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duaine & Laura Hechler" <dahechler at att.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Aural tuning question


> Maybe, I need to get to basics for this question.
>
> I am a barbershop singer, so I have a sense of what a 3rd, 5th, m7th,
> octave sounds like.
>
> Now, assume for the sake of this question, a non musical person that has
> absolutely no other training and talent, wants to be a piano tuner.
>
> Without the aid of a ETD and has no concept of note relations (3rds,
> 5ths, etc), how is he expected to learn aural tuning ? And learn it well
> enough to pass the tests ?
>
> I don't see any other choice for this person to use an ETD - and - never
> be able to pass the test - so - how does he get to be an RPT?
>
> Duaine