This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I am also learning to tune aurally using a Sanderson Accutner III to = check my accuracy. My piano is a Yamaha 5'3" grand which is well scaled, = although some of the beats are quite weak to hear, and I have noticed a = few false beats too.=20 I also use the same Potter FA temperament (I am doing his correspondence = course) and use a similar procedure to what you describe, although I = also tune A440 to a fork by comparing the beat rate of the fork and F3 = with the note A4 and F3.=20 One thing I have done when tuning the temperament is to tune each = interval with the SAT and then listen to the beat rate so I know what it = should sound like, and also do the various test to hear how the beat = rate (such as speed of the major 3rds) gradually increases as you go = higher in pitch. I also tune each interval aurally and then check it = with the SAT as you do. Each way has it's benefits.=20 Robert Finley ----- Original Message -----=20 From: A440 Piano Service=20 To: PTG List=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:21 PM Subject: Using an ETD to hone aural skills =20 Hi people,I'm trying to hone my aural tuning skills and I've come up = with a method... I'd like to hear others' feedback on this particular = method, and about any other kinds of methods you might recommend. Today I had a nice tuning in a quiet house. It was a Yamaha Grand, a C3 in good shape. So I took the opportunity to "keep score" on my aural tuning. I used Potter F-A II. What I did was: 1. Take F-A-C readings and let the SAT calculate a tuning. 2. Set the A4 with the machine. 3. Tune the temperament by ear from there. 4. Compare my note with the machine's calculation. 5. Write down how far off I was (in cents). 6. Re-tune with machine and go to the next note, lather, rinse and repeat. Here's my scorecard: A3: -.1 F3: -.2 F4: +.9 C#4: -.8 D4: dead on! A#3: -2.7, retried: -2.2. Found out D4 (where I was tuning the third from had drifted flat - gotta work on my stability!) F#3: -.5 D#4: dead on! B3: -2.8 (oops!) retry: dead on! G3: +.2 E4: -.4 C4: dead on! G#3: -.8 F#4: -.1 G4: dead on G#4: -.3 So howzzat? Not too bad, I'm thinking. My tendency looks to be that I tend to tune flat (slower beating), but I think I'll need a few more scorecards to make a statistical judgement. And I have to work on the stability thing, too, obviously. I get so caught up in the beat speeds that I lose track of that fundamental skill of setting the string and the pin. Are any of you doing practice things with your ETDs? How do you use = them? ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fa/7c/a3/1c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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