Octave Tuning/ Harmonic vs. Melodic

[Richard Brekne]

Excellent words of advice Guy !!  Dont underestimate your own capacity 
to develop a kind of pitch memory... it can be really helpfull up there 
to be sure. AND !! if you pull out that ETD and check to see how notes 
up there relate to partials of notes below after you've tuned it... you 
can really train your ear to zoom in accuratly on what you want it to do.

Cheers
RicB

Nichols wrote:

>
> Totally agreed on the chromatic runs, Ric. I also run chromatic chords 
> of an octave with the fifth in the middle. Sore thumbs stick out.
> Now.. as you said..... to take things even further....
> Don't forget when tuning octaves, especially through octaves 6 and 7, 
> to check both harmonically and melodically. In other words, play the 
> octave interval simultaneously, and then staggered. Works well with 
> double octaves, also. The melodic octave will trick your ear into 
> adding a bit more stretch, helping to counteract coupling effects and 
> hyperactive attack pitch spikes from quarried hammers. A great "test" 
> for the effect is to strike something like A5, and release. Tune A7 
> from memory, with at least a 2 or 3 second break. Then play the double 
> octave harmonically. Whew! Now... pull out the ETD. Shake your head, 
> and move on................
>
>
> Fun and games,
> Guy
>