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Pianist and Piano Teacher in London Sokol Piano Academy Keyboard Lessons
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Georges Sokol has performed in front of large audiences the world over. His vast experience led him to set up the Sokol Piano Academy. The professors there have been trained in-house to teach a unique pedagogical method that exploits the physiology of the hand and finger action to maximum effect. The approach aims to reduce as much physical tension as possible in order to engender natural and energy-efficient playing. This leads to virtuosic and expressive playing in a shorter time than would be expected.
Qualification: BA (Oxon) MA ARCM
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Qualification: BA (Oxon) MA ARCM
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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