The Go APE Aural Piano Tuning System One Pass Temperament Sequence

Successful students of the Go A.P.E. Aural Piano Tuning System get high level aural results quickly because the system is specific in how it describes and evaluates a student's tunings.

Watch the video below to see me explain the power of the system as I presented it to the Southeastern Regional Piano Technicians Guild.

In this video I explain how the system is used to quickly tune the temperament to a very high accuracy and precision.

CONTENT
0:00 Introduction
2:30 Description of the Go A.P.E. System
8:00 The Results of the Go APE System
13:16 Check Notes and How to Use Them
17:51 Using Ocenaudio to Record, Filter, and Measure Beat Speeds
21:40 How to Get Great at Aural Tuning
23:12 Bisecting Beat Speed Criteria for Accurate Pitch Setting of the Temperament
23:38 Measuring the Inharmonicity of A3A4
39:30 The Power of these Accurate Sequences
40:32 The Small Scale Sequence "Big Picture"
41:48 M3/M6 Inside/Outside Equality
43:41 The Equal Beating m3 of the Small Scale
46:17 Step 1: Tune A4 and Measure A3A4
46:43 Temporarily Set F3A3 to 7bps
47:44 Measure and Tune F3F4
48:22 Tune C#4 Within the Lower Skeleton
51:35 Tuning an Accurate F4 Using the Upper Skeleton
Retune F3F4 as a Small Scale Octave (Not Shown)
53:22 The Power of the Bisecting Window System Explained
53:50 Tuning D4 Within Its Window
55:17 The Concept of the Surrogate M3.
55:50 Tuning D4 Within Its Window, Continued.
56:41 The Powerfully Accurate Setting of A3D4
57:55 Tuning F#3 in the Small Scale Piano
1:00:25 The Pie Analogy
1:00:43 Tuning A#3 in the Small Scale Piano
1:02:01 The Power of the Self-Correcting Feature
1:02:26 Are Our Ears that Good?
1:02:59 Asking Permission from the Piano
1:03:42 The Power of Refining Before the Tuning is Finished
1:04:30 The Power of the "One Check"
1:05:01 The Power of Convincing Our Ear
1:06:02 Checking F#3A#3 and A#3D4
1:07:45 The Common Finish
1:07:59 Tuning D#4
1:08:38 Tuning B3
1:09:07 Venn Tuning
1:10:34 Tuning G3
1:10:48 Tuning E4
1:11:13 The Power of the Self-Correcting Feature, again
1:12:40 Tuning C4
1:13:31 Tuning G#3, Last Note
1:13:56 The Refinement, If Needed
1:14:40 Reference to the Video Below Where I Tune the Temperament and Explain
1:16:00 Tuning A4 Using DSU
1:17:00 Pitch Raises and Pitch Drops
1:17:17 Signing Off

The video below is the one I refer to at the end of the seminar. It is taken from my Piano Tuning Recordings course.

In it, I tune the whole temperment of the piano I was using in the seminar. At each step of the way I explain what I am doing and why.

If you are interested in learning this system, currently the only way to learn it is by studying at the International Piano Technicians School. You can also CONTACT ME for more information.

Mark Cerisano, APTE, RPT, B.Sc.(Mech.Eng.), Dip.Ed.