Hi,
I am a piano player and teacher of over 20 years experience. I have taught ages from 4 to 80 and levels from absolute beginner to post-graduate.
I hold Grade 8 distinction piano along with Grade 8 in Theory of Music and Practical Musicianship. I am a fully qualified post-16 teacher.
As a performer, I have played for weddings, parties, ceremonys and corporate events, both as a soloist and in various bands.
As a teacher, I specialise in teaching older teenagers and adults. My particular interests are in developing memory skills and improvisation, as welll as overcoming technical difficulties. If you have been playing for a while and feel you have stopped progressing, I can help!
I am based in East Manchester, a mile from J24 of the M60. I don't currently run traditional weekly lessons - rather, lessons are booked in one at a time with no commitment, normally 2-3 hours at a time.
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Qualification: CertEd, Grade 8 Piano (dist), Theory, Practical Musicianship
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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