Which ETD?

[Richard Brekne]

Hi there Eugenia... I gotta aggree with you.. grin... which is what I thought I
origionally said in so many words. You put forward the positives with them as a
learning device... and I will be the first to say that they can be extremely
valuable if used to learn, instead of just being used to tune. Exams results
kinda bear that out I think. They do help with hammer technique just about
however you use them... which is good... But if you just tune by the whirling
dial...most often you end up never really learning how to tune by ear... which
in my book means you never really learn how to tune. (flamesuite unnecessary as
I am fire proof... grin)

I just thought I'd shoot out a little warning flag about pitfalls with ETD's.


Eugenia Carter wrote:


>
> > Lots of good advice coming your way.. just thought I'd caution you a bit
> > about "misuse" of the ETD. Its very easy to lean to hard on them. If you
> > are not a good ear tuner from the get go, and you want to become one, then
> > be wary of indescrimanant ETD use.
> >
>
> Richard,
>
> Well, yes and no. An ETD can be one of the most effective learning tools
> available to anyone, and especially to the beginning student who has no one
> available to give them immediate feedback. It all depends on the individual.
> Some people misuse all kinds of tools; ETDs are no exception to that misuse.
>
> Gina

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway