How to Tune Pianos

The Hobby, Skill, and Career of Piano Tuning

By Mark Cerisano

Unison Exercise 1

Hear Beating Partials

To be a good piano tuner who can tune unisons clean, you need to be able to hear specific beating partials.

Identify partial 1 and 2 from the beating unison below.

The audio files and the questions are separated.

QUIZ QUESTION:

QUIZ AUDIO:

Match the A4 unison with its 1st and 2nd partial pair.

Practice:
Listen to the A4 unison below. The partial 1 and 2 button play its beating partials

A4

Partial 1 (A4)

Partial 2 (A5)

Exercise:
Which pair below to the unison below:

Unison

Partials Pairs:
1st (A4) and 2nd (A5)

#1:

#2:

#3:

#4:

#5: