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<DIV>In a message dated 3/2/05 8:41:20 A.M. Central Standard Time,
fssturm@unm.edu writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Interesting statement. I can see where you would get that
opinion:<BR>often, tuning each string of a unison by "stopping the lights"=
(whatever the<BR>display is) _will_ result in a less than perfect unison. =
Yet
I find that if<BR>I examine more closely, using either SAT or RCT (haven't=
used any other<BR>ETD's), I will find that maybe I was hasty in deciding I=
had
actually<BR>"stopped the lights." Bottom line is that I find I can tune fa=
r,
far cleaner<BR>unisons using the device than not. And far more
solid.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>No matter how hard I try, I have never been able to get a good sounding=
unison from just having the lights stand still. (SATIII). I always have to m=
ake
an adjustment to one of the strings. Doing unison tuning by ear is described=
best by Virgil Smith. He says that the human computer can analyze the beats =
much
better than the ETD. This is evident when tuning octaves. As he put it.=
"...octaves were right on when only one string of the upper octave was sound=
ing,
but was flat when all three strings were sounding".</DIV>
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<DIV>One thing I have been doing lately was listen to an octave and the fift=
h
above it. (C5-C6-G6). What I found was that the problem in most cases was no=
t
that the fifth was sharp or flat, but that the unison on one of the octave n=
otes
was not quite in tune, even though initially the unison sounded just fine. I=
n
fact, I even checked the unisons with the SAT, to make sure they were
correct, but the human ear does hear it different. After correcting the=
unison, the fifth sounded much better. </DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV>
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<DIV>Wim </DIV>
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