All the notes are flat
Moderator: Quentin
All the notes are flat
When I play a note in earmaster, and hold my tuner to the speaker, it says all the notes are about 15 cents flat. Is there a way to calibrate earmaster?
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EarMaster just sends MIDI information to your souncard, if the notes are flat, the problem is with your hardware.
Anyway, it really doesn't matter if your notes are 15 cents flat, in fact, in order to say that a note is flat or sharp, you need a reference point, and the "standard" reference point (440 and equal temper for all other notes), is just that, a standar, something that musicians agreed, but there are lots of differents tunnings others than that, and if you use any of them instead of the standar, then what is supposed to be flat or sharp, will be different.
With eartraining, the importan thing, are the relationships (this is a major third from the previous note, this is the fourth tonal degree, this is the 7th degree of a major scale, and so on), in doesn't really matter if your notes are sharp or flat when you compare it with a reference point of any given tuning system.
Anyway, it really doesn't matter if your notes are 15 cents flat, in fact, in order to say that a note is flat or sharp, you need a reference point, and the "standard" reference point (440 and equal temper for all other notes), is just that, a standar, something that musicians agreed, but there are lots of differents tunnings others than that, and if you use any of them instead of the standar, then what is supposed to be flat or sharp, will be different.
With eartraining, the importan thing, are the relationships (this is a major third from the previous note, this is the fourth tonal degree, this is the 7th degree of a major scale, and so on), in doesn't really matter if your notes are sharp or flat when you compare it with a reference point of any given tuning system.