Hello All,
There will be two tuning camps this year!
The first camp is 5 days, April 27-May 1 (arrive April 26 & leave May 2), and is $600. This camp is for those who are at late beginner or early intermediate levels when it comes to aural tuning. It is not for beginning tuners. Students will be expected to already know their intervals. The first day will review the harmonic series and coincident partials, and the rest of the camp will focus on aural checks and how to use them. It is an excellent prep for the second camp. The instructors will be Maggie Jusiel, Morgan Seig, and Tim Mainland. This camp is limited to 6 seats. If two people would like to share a seat (sharing a practice piano and dorm room), they may split the cost, but both people must let us know their intention during the application process.
TO APPLY TO THE FIRST CAMP:
Please make a video playing as many of the following intervals that will fit into any single octave on a piano, saying what they are before you start the first interval type: minor thirds, major thirds, perfect fourths, perfect fifths, minor sixths, major sixths, minor sevenths, and major sevenths. Upload this video to YouTube with an unlisted link or to a Google Drive and email the link to maggie@pianotechmaggie.com along with your name and phone number.
The second camp is 7 days, May 3-May 9 (arrive May 2 & leave May 10), and is $650. This camp is late intermediate or early advanced. It is for those who have some aural skills (including checks) but are struggling to put all the puzzle pieces together and are unsure about troubleshooting. The concepts learned in this camp can be used to practice setting temperaments and tuning pianos aurally. This workshop is based on the concepts of "mini-temperaments". We set a lot of mini-temperaments, starting with a major third, moving to a fourth, fifth, and sixth before working with an entire octave. One can not learn to aurally tune pianos in a single week, but one can gain more foundational knowledge and understanding that one can take home with them for more directed and productive practice. The instructors will be Maggie Jusiel, Morgan Sieg, and Mae Tipple. This camp is limited to 6 seats. If two people would like to share a seat (sharing a practice piano and dorm room), they may split the cost, but both people must let us know their intention during the application process.
TO APPLY TO THE SECOND CAMP:
Please made a video of yourself tuning the following: an octave at the second coincident partial (CP), an octave at the third CP, a fifth at the first CP, a fifth at the second CP, a fourth at the first CP, and contiguous thirds in any single octave between C3-C5. When tuning everything except contiguous thirds, use aural checks/tests to tune the interval and to demonstrate that it is in tune at the desired CP. After playing any aural check, please ghost the aural check at the correct CP. Lastly, play (not tune) through a basic up-a-fifth-down-a-fourth temperament sequence in any octave, but keep it within a single octave (you will need to play 2 fourths in a row once). Upload this video to YouTube with an unlisted link or to a Google Drive and email the link to maggie@pianotechmaggie.com along with your name and phone number.
Applications will be accepted from January 2 through February 28. Participants will be chosen by the end of March.
For more information, please visit this webpage: https://folklifecenter.org/appalachian-piano-tuning-camp
If you have any questions or would like to be put on a mailing list for next year, please email Maggie at maggie@timandmaggie.net .
Thanks for your interest!
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Maggie Jusiel, RPT
Athens, WV
(304)952-8615
mags@timandmaggie.net------------------------------