Aural vs. electronic again

[Bill Ballard]

At 8:19 PM -0800 1/19/03, David Love wrote:
>I'm not sure I understand what you are saying.  If, after tuning the
>temperament octave with an ETD (A3 - A4 in the case of Verituner), I am
>progressing now down to G#3, I simply tune the note as indicated by the
>machine.  I then quickly hit the octave G#3-G#4 to be sure.  If I am tuning
>aurally, I will test with a third-sixth test or M3rd-M10, listen to the
>thirds progression, listen to the octave, tweak, listen again.  How could
>that be faster, unless misunderstand you?

I skip the octave tests unless there is a false beat or some similar 
disturbance in the sound which confuses the sound of an octave beat 
rate by itself. Using unison shimming, I make an adjustment in the 
unison equivalent to the error I hear in the octave (and I'm not just 
talking about "G#3-G#4", but the 4:2 or 6:3 there-inside). The octave 
is cleaned up that way. Listening to the progression of intervals 
does require unavoidable time.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

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