Pianotech

  • 1.  A Little Holiday Gift!

    Posted 12-26-2019 10:23
    It's free on the Apple App Store.
    It works on iPads, the larger the better.
    The sound is quite good through headphones or speaker system (not so good on the iPad speaker.)

    <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/piano-tuning-game/id1041765772>

    The tones are inharmonic.
    There is a learning curve to using the program, but it's not very long.
    Tutorially, it isn't very creative. When I go to the two octave stages I see potential to create tutorials by tuning select notes to create specific problems, but when I do this all offsets are revealed, and I haven't found a way to hide them.
    Similarly, two octaves with a few offset notes would create a good exercise.
    The offsets are so extreme! sometimes 30-40 cents. I wish it gave situations more like what happens in cycles of temperament and mid-range refinement.
    Also better if you could set your chosen temperament octave.
    Nevertheless, learning can be done with this app, I think.

    I'd like to hear if this helps people hear tuning intervals better.


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    Ed Sutton
    ed440@me.com
    (980) 254-7413
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