There isn't a good way to objectively say tuning A sounds more in tune than tuning "B".
octaves, versus other intervals, versus chords, versus playing piece #1, versus playing piece #2, versus whether it's played loud or soft, etc. Additionally, depending what's played may determine whether I say something sounds in tune - e.g. Also, the reference tuning isn't going to be perfect even to the ears of the guy who tuned the piano, just because it is so difficult to actually physically tune a piano. Maybe there is a new "psychoacoustical model" which would actually sound "better" once people get used to it. To his ear it's in tune, but to a layman's ears maybe something closer to just intonation sounds more in tune. Who's to say this is the best tuning? Equal temperament is by definition "out of tune" (no matter how you adjust for dealing with partials and stretched octaves and stuff). He knows the "proper" beating patterns he's heard over and over. The problem is: what is a good tuning? If you go off the piano tuner's tuning, he has a certain way he's been trained to tune a piano.
In order to determine if this entropy-based mechanism is any good, you either a) compare the result to a "professionally-tuned" piano reference (as done in the paper), or using software you could present different randomized tunings to a wide range of people and find out which ones people determined "best" and see if that matches the entropy-based hypothesis.How do you evaluate what a "good" tuning is? However, I forsee a number of challenges. 'No Stupid Questions' thread (twice/month)ĮPierre's weekly composition/improvisation challenge IMSLP provides access to free, public domain sheet music. is a great website to learn the fundamentals of music theory. commenting on someone's appearance), and the like, are not welcome and will be removed. Off-topic posts, spam, advertising, blog posts with little contentĪlso, please do not submit more than 3-4 posts per week, and you should not have more than 2 posts on the front page.Ĭomments that contain personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, unnecessarily derogatory or inflammatory remarks or inappropriate remarks (e.g. Requests for transcriptions, identifying chords/notes in a song (use /r/transcribe), what song is this?, requests for sheet music (see FAQ, use /r/musicnotes, /r/transcribe)Ĭommon generic questions covered by the FAQ such as "What's a good keyboard?", "What's my piano worth?", "How do I get started?", unless your question has specific details. (use /r/musicpics, /r/classicalmemes or /r/pianomemes) Image memes, pictures of text, rage comics, etc. The following types of posts are subject to removal: Recording from a Digital Keyboard into a Computer read the FAQ Newest Comments | Participate! Piano Jam | 'No Stupid Questions' Welcome to /r/piano! Whether you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned professional, we hope you've come to talk about pianos.