#Korg dt4 tuner how to#
#Korg dt4 tuner install#
#Korg dt4 tuner professional#
#Korg dt4 tuner series#

I suspect if you have had exposure to 'quality' music played at the correct pitch, you have a better chance of 'imagining' the correct starting note. I think (for me) reletive pitch is all I have - I have tunes in my head and can play from a note from such a tune - but not all the tunes in my head are correct against A440 (some were embedded when I had a faulty record player -). Most beginners I have seen* have difficulty getting on the right side of the midpoint between two semitones, even when a piano is giving a guide tone. So 437Hz and 443Hz (the next higher semitone is 493.88Hz, so close to 0.494Hz / cent) are probably good enough IMO (+/- 6 cents), certainly good enough for a beginner, and better than the vast majority of you-tube performers, and quite exceptional for most people if one has no reference pitch. I would target about 3 cents for precision playing, and less than 10 cents for any public playing. If you get much further than about 10 cents from the intended note, even a tone-deaf person is likely to notice it IMO. 1/100th of this is one cent, so its 0.48Hz. One semitone below 440Hz is 392Hz, so they are seperated by 48Hz. I am more an engineer than a musician, so I can only really give you numbers. Lydia and Carolina announce all their concerts in Europe and overseas and they are always ready to meet theremin students in the respective places. It can also be interesting to follow these people on Facebook. November: The 'Without Touch' festival in Lippstadt, Germany (Lydia Kavina/GB, Carolina Eyck/D, Wilco Botermans/NL and Thierry Frenkel/F) July: The theremin summer academy in Colmar, France (Carolina Eyck/D, Wilco Botermans/NL and Thierry Frenkel/F) April: The theremin spring academy in Leipzig, Germany (Carolina Eyck/D and Thierry Frenkel/F) January: The N/O/D/E festival in Lausanne, Switzerland (Carolina Eyck/D and Thierry Frenkel/F)

#Korg dt4 tuner series#

There are many occasions to do so in Europe: Lydia Kavina organizes Theremin lessons for beginners and masterclasses in Oxford/GB about every three or four months, then there is a series of theremin gatherings round the year:

#Korg dt4 tuner how to#

Thus it is very important to meet an experienced theremin teacher from time who will observe your playing and give you hints how to improve your technique. There is a big risk of taking 'bad' habits in your playing technique which will from a certain point on prevent you from making further progress. Since theremin teachers are most times not 'round the corner', most theremin players are more or less autodidacts. He worked for about 5 years, 4 hours daily, before he gave his first concert.

#Korg dt4 tuner professional#

The Dutch thereminist Thorwald Jorgensen for example was already a professional musician (percussionist) when he decided to play the theremin. This is for sure right if you intend to play the 'classic' theremin repertoire at a professional level. Your second question 'How long will it approximately take.' has a simple answer : It depends.Ĭlara Rockmore, the 'grande dame' of the theremin said 'it takes many years of study and hard work' and 'Before you begin, you should know where you will go'. Here is an example setup which I built for one of my students : In order to avoid interference with the pitch and volume field, this tuner should be mounted below the theremin, for example with a clip on the mic stand, so that you can rapidly see where you are. This can be used to connect a visual chromatic tuner (I recommend the Korg DT4) which shows clearly the note (C, C#, D, etc.) and has a sophisticated system of red and green LEDs around to show you clearly the precision, if you are exactly in tune or a little sharp or flat.

#Korg dt4 tuner install#

That's why I am asked from time to time to install still an additional output on a theremin which gives a shaped and buffered pitch preview signal. But even a pitch preview is useless if you don't have an intro (from the accompaniment) which allows you to find the starting tone. It allows to hear the theremin's pitch in an earpiece while the main audio output is still muted through the left hand/volume loop. For most theremin players a pitch preview is very helpful. Those who don't have perfect pitch will almost not be able to hit the first note correctly without any pitch reference.