At 11:29 AM 1/20/2003 -0600, you wrote: >What, please is meaning of "unison shimming," Comrade? Bill? I assume you mean muting the notes individually with wedges? Susan >Alan >Salem, MO > > > 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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