aural technique for treble

[Richard Brekne]

Charles Neuman wrote:

> When you're tuning the treble, instead of going note by note from the top
> of the temperament section to the top, why not go octave by octave?
>

Some do... thats how I was origionally taught. whatever works, works in the
end.

> That is, if the temperament ends at A4, I would tune B4, and then B5, B6,
> and B7. Then I'd go back and tune C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, etc.

yep.... thats an old familiar routine allright.

> The main disadvantage I'd see would be that if my stretching gets too
> wide, for example, I might end up so that my A's are all too sharp for the
> A#'s that I tuned a while ago. Yeah, I guess that's the drawback.
>
> Does anyone do this?

Havent tuned like this for years, but I am sure I could get just as good
results. A bit to much moving back and forth tho.

>
>
> Charles Neuman
> PTG Assoc, Long Island
>
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Cheers

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Richard Brekne
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