I haven't yet had time to play with the site, but this relates to a
method which it was claimed could teach even "tone deaf" people to sing
in tune... and presumably to hear to tune drones.
The teacher plays a note, the victim sings what they think is the note.
Teacher plays what they actually sang (without criticism!), and asks
them to repeat it... process repeats until teacher & victim are both on
the same note.
This happens over a series of days. When the victim can reliably sing
the note first time it's time to move on and extend the process.
I tried it only once, on a headteacher I was working with who couldn't
sing in tune in assembly, but insisted on trying. Loudly.
Other things kept getting in the way of regular daily sessions, which
are all important, but we did see some improvement.
Perhaps an interactive website/device with a mic could do the same thing...
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Richard.
rob....@milecastle27.co.uk wrote:
.. Or rather "How good is my differentiation of tones?"
A friend pointed this site out to me the other day:
http://tonometric.com/adaptivepitch/
It measures how you differentiate between two tones and whether you
can hear which is higher and lower. If you have ever described
yourself as tone deaf, have a go .. then really concentrate and have
another go ..
The test is adaptive so the better you are the harder it gets. Once
you're into the realm if 2 or 3 Hz, that means being able to tell the
difference betweeen different tempered scales.
There are a bunch of other related things on rhythm and musical memory
but ths one struck me as being particularly relevent to piper's. If
you lack confidence in tuning or don't know where to start, it's a
very simple way of understanding (and improving) what you can hear.
cheers
Rob
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