A trick that helps with learning Aural tuning

[David B. Stang]

Friends,
A couple of weeks ago I posted a note about how I have been having troubles
hearing the beats while aurally tuning temperaments.   Well, here's 
something
that helps me in my practicing:
I strip-mute the piano as I would normally, then place small pieces of 
felt between
the right and center strings at the nodal points of the partials I'm 
trying to listen for.
For instance, suppose I want to practice listening to a Major 3rd.  The 
coincident
partials are at the 5th partial of the lower note and the 4th partial 
of  the upper note.
So I stick my little pieces of felt at 1/5 (or 2/5) along the distance 
of the lower string,
that is, a nodal point of the 5th partial; and at 1/4 along the distance 
of the upper
string. (see attached photo). Then when I play the interval the partials 
really ring out
and the beats can be heard clearly. (It's easy to find these nodal 
points simply by
running your finger along the string as you play it.) It's also 
interesting to play the notes
individually to listen for the slight difference in pitch between the two.
Hope this helps anyone in the same boat as me.  And thanks to all who 
responded to
my previous post.
Dave

David B. Stang,  2/3 of the way toward RPT
Columbus OH






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