The Art of Piano Tuning: Learn to Tune Your Piano Orally

By Ulysses Harmony Garcia

When you play a piano, all you care about is how it sounds, right? When you play a melody, harmony, or any type of arrangement for that matter, it may not cross your mind that your piano could be in tune. You wouldn’t know if your piano needs tuning. Pianos, like many string instruments, need to be tuned from time to time, just like tuning a guitar. The only difference is that the piano is a big instrument that is usually kept in one place.
When you tune a piano, there is a lot of steps involved. Whether you are a concert pianist, average pianist, or someone who just loves to look at pianos, how you tune these pianos is very important. Tuning a piano by ear, also called oral tuning, does not rely on perfect or absolute pitch. Instead, you will use a different technique that all tuners who tune instruments by ear develop with practice. We’ll explain this process in greater detail.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ulysses Harmony Garcia
• Release date: Nov 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463420324

Ulysses Harmony Garcia

Ulysses was born in a small city in Oregon and is completely blind and hard-of-hearing. Despite these challenges, Ulysses has made great strides to achieve many successes in life.Ulysses loves writing, whether it'd be a young adult novel, or a short self-help manual on a wide variety of topics. 'I love to research,' says Ulysses. 'I often research something before I actually get involved with it, so that I would be prepared.' When not writing, Ulysses is often travelling and exploring new places.Ulysses is also a great advocate and social justice warrior for various minority groups, such as disability, LGBTQIA, and more. ‘Intersectionality is important,’ says Ulysses, referring to situations where people with multiple disabilities and/or characteristics are sometimes subject to lack of resources because of ignorance.Follow Ulysses’s journey by going to the linked web site.

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The Art of Piano Tuning, Learn to Tune Your Piano Orally

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Acknowledgement

I would like to thank the staff and directors of the former piano tuning school for the blind in Vancouver for graciously showing me how to tune a piano for my career exploration evaluation, giving me firsthand experience in learning the procedure that I will be outlining below. Thanks, too, for those who made it possible for me to see a piano being tuned. All this information I needed to write up the final product. Thank you to everyone who supported me! Your information is appreciated.

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To avoid damage to any of the products mentioned in this manual, you should read it thoroughly before performing any of these tasks. The author will not be held liable should any damage occur, physical or otherwise.

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The end-user of this manual should understand that this material is being provided as a quick start guide. It is not meant to be used to replace or substitute direct instruction, though the user is encouraged to use this as a supplementary tool. The author cannot guarantee that the information contained herein will remain accurate, as things do change over time.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Contents

Overview

About Tuning

Tools, terms, and techniques

Vocabulary,