a different interpretation of tone or color

[Richard Brekne]

Hmmm..

We go back and forth and back and forth on this one.... but it seems to me
clear that the writing is on the wall, and Rons post probably sums it up as
well as any. I think ear tuning is essential, and that its inevitable demise
will be the downfall of us all..... ok so I am a bit doomsdayish... :) others
think whatever they think... but in the end I think we are all witness to an
ongoing process that will leave the decisions to the puter, and the pinsetting
to the hand.... and after that... well the hand will be replaced too.

As I've said before... we might as well all start playing "L" pianos... because
thats the waltz we willingly are learning to dance.... for better or worse :)

Cheers !.... ?

RicB

ok... so I am 50 and a bit soused after a little birthday party... I am sure
you will all forgive as is your esteemed want :)



Ron Nossaman wrote:

> >This concept has always bothered me.....
>
> I normally try to stay out of tuning (re-)discussions, but this has
> recently bothered me more and more as well.
>
> It's been my experience, and is my conviction, that good solid hammer
> technique - with the result of getting a string to stay where you put it
> for more than a few seconds, takes far longer for most newbies to learn
> than "tuning" -  visual and/or aural.
>
> So I don't particularly see the need for half a lifetime of aural tuning as
> being a necessary or even desirable prerequisite to taking up an ETD except
> that someone with half a lifetime of aural tuning experience should by now
> have a pretty good idea how to run a tuning hammer, where the newbie with
> either a fork or a box most likely does not. Half a lifetime tuning with a
> slide whistle is almost certainly better pre-qualification for switching to
> a modern ETD than the same amount of time in the tool crib at Boeing. And
> yes, I agree that the newbie with the box will on average turn out better
> tunings than the newbie with the fork.
>
> That's it, I'm done.
>
> Ron N
>

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