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Old 05-19-2011, 05:24 AM
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Default Using Notation Composer to fine tune your intonation

I have been in a discussion on a Fiddle Forum about using tools such as Notation Composer to help with intonation.

I disagreed with them because I thought Notation Musian/Composer isn't the best for intonation because I've been using it for almost 2.5 years and I think my intonation should be better and I've been trying recently to wean myself off MIDI based tools and use real recordings more. It's a very powerful tool though and I plan to continue using it for many other things.

Then someone in this thread on Intonation suggested taping down a "Drone" Key on a Key Board (tonic note of that Key) and play along with that to improve your intonation.

It so happens 2 hours later my Fiddle teacher suggested EXACTLY the same thing !!

So in stead of using a KeyBoard I used my "Programable KeyBoard" called Notation Composer and applied the drone suggestion to a Waltz in Notation Composer and I think it's working, but it's too soon to tell. There is something about the constant drone as reference vs the actually melody notes.

I used an organ for the instrument. Piano doesn't have enough sustain (which is my typical favorite MIDI instrument) and violin sounds awful. But the organ sounds pretty good.

http://softronix.com/fiddle/Music/Notation/Pretty_Peggy_Waltz.not

And for folks that run on Macs or don't feel like downloading Notation Composer Trial you can get an idea from the MIDI I exported.

http://softronix.com/fiddle/Music/Notation/Pretty_Peggy_Waltz.mid

So perhaps these MIDI tools can be more help for intonation than I thought

Last edited by mswlogo; 05-20-2011 at 01:38 AM.
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