tuning

The process and result of tuning is known as tuning. East verb It refers to retouch, correct or improve something. The term is also used for the action that seeks to increase the quality of one thing. For example: "We have to adjust the last details and the final tuning, but the machine is almost ready", "In general, I write my books in a few weeks but then I spend several months fine-tuning the texts", "We are close to reaching an agreement: we only have to fine-tune some clauses".

The notion of tuning is widely used in the field of music in reference to achieve that the instruments reproduce each one of the notes that make up their total extension according to a certain convention, as necessary for the pieces to be played.. This can be done in many ways; one of them, very common and practical, is to use a tuning fork as a guide. Some sentences that use the term in this context are: "The musician interrupted the concert on several occasions to proceed with the tuning of his guitar", "Tomorrow the teacher will teach me how to develop the tuning of the bass", "I think something is wrong with the tuning of the piano".

The goal of a tuning system is to develop various frequency links between the vibrations generated by the notes that are part of a scale. These links are described based on the intervals between the notes.

The tuning of each instrument musical will vary according to its characteristics. The piano is usually tuned using the tempered systemwhile fretted stringed instruments are tuned by perfect fifths or fourths (strumming the strings in the air).

The famous though misunderstood The 440 corresponds to the note «la» that is located above the central «C» of the piano, and its name indicates that when it is played it vibrates constantly 440 times per second. This particular note is used as a standard for reference when tuning an instrument today, unlike in past times, in which the number of vibrations was less.

Singing students are usually the ones who suffer the most from problems when it comes to tuning, since, although there are other instruments (apart from the voice) that present similar difficulties, such as the violin, the fact that the strings vocals that are part of our body mean that not getting the desired tuning results in a double disappointment.

For some people, getting a good tuning is a natural matter, requiring no conscious effort. However, vocal music can become very complex, and when a singer enters the realms of coloratura (the most ornate sung music), all innate ability is insufficient to achieve acceptable results or even pleasant to the ear of the spectators. On the other hand, those who fight with their own speech systems to achieve tune the notes of simple training They tend to think that they will never overcome their barriers, which is not necessarily true.

Vocal music is riddled with myths, and it is just as possible for a promising student to stagnate when faced with a real challenge, as it is for a humble aspirant with pitch issues to overcome them and fulfill their dreams. To tune it is necessary educate the brain, provide you with information about tonalities and of the different relationships and tensions that exist between the notes. This does not mean that we can all become great singers, but that the path is much more complex than is believed and that education often makes a difference.