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Re: Trying to improve intonation

Author: brycon
Date: 2021-11-15 19:19

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I like to practice scales using the Tonal Energy tuner on my phone. I play a drone on the root note. I then try and judge the accuracy of intonation by listening rather than looking.
I usually set it to equal temperament. Is that correct or should I be on just intonation?

I'm not for sure how you'd play intervals against a drone pitch and think in terms of equal temperament. Are your ears capable of hearing the pure fifth and then purposively manipulating it so that it's exactly 1/12 of a Pythagorean comma smaller?

Tuning is complicated. And most people manipulate pitch depending on the circumstances in which they find themselves: more equally-tempered playing when performing solo, with piano, or perhaps even solo lines in an ensemble; more pure intervals when playing harmony parts in an ensemble. Imagine, though, that you're playing a harmony part in a section. You have the same pitch repeated several times while the harmonic underpinnings below you change. Will you alter slightly the intonation of your pitch to accommodate the changes?

For myself, I try to practice so that I can play perfectly in tune with a piano. But I also train my ears on a daily basis so that in ensembles I can easily and almost instinctively make adjustments.

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