Jim, > I don't know if playing makes a tuner a happier tuner, but I do know that >teaching a player to tune just enough to smooth out unisons, and temperament >basics, usually makes for a very unhappy player. When this person starts >listening to the individual notes of his music rather than the music itself >they have lost something of their ability to enjoy their own music. How >about some of the 'players' commenting on this ? >Jim Bryant (FL) One person made the comment that he could turn off his tuner's ear when listening to a concert and another said that listening to a concert which he had tuned for was one of worst experiences of his life (or something like that). I guess I, personally, fall somewhere in the middle. When I'm listening to a concert for which I've tuned, I'm OK unless I hear a note go out, or a voicing problem that I didn't correct (or have time to correct). Then I can get pretty miserable during the concert. When I'm playing I can pretty much "tune it out", so to speak, and concentrate on what I'm playing. To me, it's easier to "tune out" when I'm playing than when I'm listening. Maybe other players are that way too. I know I'm very glad when a pianist can re-tune a new string I've had to put on. Especially when they live 20-30 minutes away. :-) I have a teacher like that. It's way too late for me to still be working and trying to think coherently but I have to tonight, so I hope what I've said makes "some" sense. Avery _____________________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4893 713-743-3226 atodd@uh.edu _____________________________________
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