Harpsichord tuning: building a scale by ear - Bradley Lehman

[nukepcr]

ouch! i got that wrong. he was talking about rhythm.

[hmaren]

Fascinating stuff. You have unreal ears.

[continuo1685]

great vid, thanks!

[Helkaluin]

Thank you very much for the video! Finally I can play b major pieces again with new-found interest.

[jbyork]

This video blew my mind. I'm embarrassed that I spent multiple hours tuning an autoharp (and I even had help with a computer program).

[bistro39]

thanks, this is an interesting video. I can't help but laugh, though. "3 against 2, a normal musical listening skill DEPLOYED here" Next time im trying to tune a mean G, i'll be sure and "deploy" that musical skill.

[nukepcr]

3 against 2 is the ratio that forms a pure perfect fifth. Although these differences may seem tiny when expressed in numbers or ratios, they produce an effect which our hearing can hear quite easily. when a fifth is not perfectly pure a wavering effect occurs, which increases in frequency as the difference becomes bigger.