Using an ETD to hone aural skills

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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Hi,
I have the Verituner and have tuned a "master" tuning on my practice 
piano and recorded it.  I then use it to detune the piano and then 
aurally tune, measure and score.  The Verituner has the test function 
built in.  Sounds like you are using your ETD profitably for you and 
for your customer.  BTW, you will aurally disagree with the FAC 
method on the little monsters and you will be right.

Andrew Anderson

At 07:21 PM 2/8/2006, you wrote:
>
>Hi people,
>I'm trying to hone my aural tuning skills and I've come up with a method...
>I'd like to hear others' feedback on this particular method, and 
>about any other kinds of methods you might recommend.
>
>Today I had a nice tuning in a quiet house.  It was a Yamaha Grand, a
>C3 in good shape.  So I took the opportunity to "keep score" on my
>aural tuning.  I used Potter F-A II.
>
>What I did was:
>1.  Take F-A-C readings and let the SAT calculate a tuning.
>2.  Set the A4 with the machine.
>3.  Tune the temperament by ear from there.
>4.  Compare my note with the machine's calculation.
>5.  Write down how far off I was (in cents).
>6.  Re-tune with machine and go to the next note, lather, rinse and
>repeat.
>
>Here's my scorecard:
>A3: -.1
>F3:  -.2
>F4:  +.9
>C#4:  -.8
>D4:  dead on!
>A#3: -2.7, retried: -2.2.  Found out D4 (where I was tuning the third
>from had drifted flat - gotta work on my stability!)
>
>F#3: -.5
>D#4: dead on!
>B3:  -2.8  (oops!)  retry: dead on!
>G3:  +.2
>E4:  -.4
>C4:  dead on!
>G#3: -.8
>F#4: -.1
>G4:  dead on
>G#4: -.3
>
>So howzzat?  Not too bad, I'm thinking.  My tendency looks to be that
>I tend to tune flat (slower beating), but I think I'll need a few more
>scorecards to make a statistical judgement.  And I have to work on the
>stability thing, too, obviously.  I get so caught up in the beat
>speeds that I lose track of that fundamental skill of setting the
>string and the pin.
>
>Are any of you doing practice things with your ETDs?  How do you use them?


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