Don, Well of course you do...;-] I am going from my experience in the Bay Area with new tuners and their lack of ability to pass the PTG tuning test if they go to the ETD before learning the aural skills. The fact is they can tune well enough to make a living with the ETD and most don't use it to learn aural tuning. They say "why bother?". Of course the ETD could be a great learning tool but I don't think that's happening. I'm Secretary/Treasurer for the Northern California PTG Exam Board. We are averaging about 1 tuning test a year. Many more than that are entering the field here and our chapter continues to grow. Often it is lack of confidence in their aural skills that stops tuners from upgrading...IMHO David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/24/01 at 4:28 PM Don Rose wrote: >Hi David, > >With respect, I disagree totally. > >David Ilvedson wrote: >> > If you get the ETD first you will never learn to tune without it no >> matter what people say about EDTs being great teaching devices. >> > > >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. > >Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts > >drose@dlcwest.com >http://donrose.xoasis.com/ > >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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