Dem ears versus ETD

[antares]

on 12/27/02 1:34 AM, Richard Brekne at Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no wrote:

> Great post Andre, as is your want.
> 
> Personally I think back on my own development as a tuner and think about
> this "ETD learning" debate and wonder why on earth in todays situation
> we havent worked out really clearly defined basic learning ciriculum for
> tuning. The theory is quite accessable, as is putting it into "visual"
> perspective as it were to re-enforce the aural. Potentially, the time
> needed to learn quite advanced aural skills should be very significantly
> reduced. In fact we should be able to spit out much more advanced tuners
> both in relation to their understanding of the underlying theory and in
> their accomplished aural skills much more quickly and effectively then
> ever before.


This is how the students at the YPTA (Yamaha Piano Technical Academy) learn
tuning :
They tune with an ETD and raise/lower pitch by 5 cts.
The trick is to make as few mistakes as possible and they achieve this by
mastering the tuning technique (with 'hammah').
After each tuning a graph is made of the tuning and the score will be
written down on a board in the hall way for everyone to see.
A low score is a shame, and shame is bad in Japan, so after three months of
raising and lowering pitch - all day long - most of the students have very
high scores...they now know how to compensate for raising or lowering pitch
and their hammah technique is remarkable.
After three months, they start to learn about temperament etc.
After only one year they are pretty good tuners and ripe for the market.

If however daddy has some more Yens stacked in his secret Yen place, he will
allow his son or daughter to go back to the Academy for more, and this time
about 'basic grand piano' matters.
If more Yens are waiting the 'Master class' and finally the 'Concert Grand
course' are available which will give their son/daughter a sure place amidst
the higher ranking tuners in Nipponia.

I still think that the Yamaha Academy is THE place in the World to learn
something thoroughly AND fast.
 
My two Euro's
and...Ricardo,
if two Euro cents from your friend are not enough, I'll allow you to ask for
much more.
OK?
(;>))

Antares
The Netherlands

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