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Piano Lessons and Music Theory Teacher Horseheath Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB21
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Jamie Smith was born in Wales and whilst still at school he studied part-time at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He later read music at the University of Oxford, and went on to complete a Masters degree at the National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Kyiv, Ukraine, graduating with a Distinction in Piano Performance.
During his studies he was awarded numerous awards and scholarships to participate in master classes both in the UK and overseas, and also won prizes at International Piano Competitions.
Jamie has worked as a lecturer and pianist internationally, performing as a soloist and chamber musician in many concert halls worldwide. He has worked at the Ufa State Academy of Arts in Russia and also taught classes in piano performance at Zhanjiang Normal University in China. He has lectured at the Sultan Idris Education University in Malaysia and held the post of ABRSM Malaysia National Coordinator from 2011-2013.
Jamie has worked as a visiting music teacher at King's College school, Cambridge, at Anglia Ruskin University and was Head of Keyboard at St Albans High School for Girls from 2013-2015. He continues to work as a teacher, accompanist and examiner in Cambridge.
He has been an examiner for ABRSM since 2011 and has conducted tours in the UK, China, Malaysia and Hong Kong. He has also presented for ABRSM and has been a mentor on the Professional Development Panel.
Disclosure and Barring Service: Yes
Qualification: Dip(Tchaikovsky Academy), MA(Oxon), LRSM, Cert(PTC)
Disclosure and Barring Service: Yes
Qualification: Dip(Tchaikovsky Academy), MA(Oxon), LRSM, Cert(PTC)
Hampstead, London
England
Experienced piano teacher and accompanist
Great Harwood, Lancashire
England
I teach piano & violin from my own home in Great
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Tuning Temperaments
How many piano tuning temperaments are there?
There are countless variations, but most fall within three major categories;
1. Meantone, which generally concentrated the dissonance into a few unusable intervals (often called "wolf" intervals), so that the others could be Just. These are often called "restrictive" tunings, since there are certain intervals that are not usable. Good intervals are really good, bad ones are really bad. The Meantone era was approx. 1400-1700
2. Well-Temperament, which gives more consonance to the most often used keys, and more dissonance to the lesser used ones. Though not equal, these tunings are "non-restrictive" because all intervals can be used. The intervals range from Just to barely acceptable. Well-temperament refers to a genre, not a specific tuning. The Well-Tempered era is approx. 1700-1880.
3. Equal Temperament, which spreads the dissonance equally among all intervals.
There is no difference in consonance or dissonance between any keys, thus, there are no good ones or bad ones. Equal temperament represents a complete average. Dates of its acceptance are debated, but there is ample evidence that it was widely available by 1900 and is the predominate tuning on keyboards, today.
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