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"Shields, Michael" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 24 May 2017 09:56:24 +0000
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Hi Peter,


I agree with Andrew. Having to tune their own strings by ear makes clavichord  players better at knowing what they hear when they are playing, as they vary key pressure etc. (This doesn't have to be about obsessive perfectionism.) You end up playing better.


I know musicians who let the tuner do its job and then are inclined to turn a deaf ear if it sounds bad when they play. On the other hand, I have heard of a musician who learned to tune his instrument (a guitar) only to lose all enjoyment in playng because he couldn't stop faulting the tuning. (I hope he got over this, but I expect everybody who has tuned has gone through variants of the same experience.) But tuning is actually fun if you avoid these extremes and have time to explore its therapeutic potential.


Michael



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