Tuners are one of the most popular for
musicians, because it is reliable to tune their instruments. Tuners are
originally came from tuning fork, which is an acoustic resonator in the form of
a two pronged fork with the prongs that is made of tins. It is formed from a
u-shaped bar of elastic metal. It resonates at a specific constant pitch when
it the set vibration strikes against any sorts of object, it rings, dies out
and fades the sounds.
Second devices that is most popular as tuners
is an electronic tuners used by musicians to detect and display the pitch of
notes played on musical instruments. It is reliable to use, because of its
indication of the approximate pitch of the note s played lower, higher or equal
to the desired pitch. The electronic devices are mostly precious than the metal
tuner, because metal tuner needs extreme concentration to listen to the pitch
to tune the instrument, in which the electronic devices already tells whether
it is tune or not.
There are another tuners that are used to
download software or applications to the people’s phone or iPods. Technologies
have developed increasingly that we downloaded on tech devices to use on iPod
and phones without carrying the devices such as the metal tuners and the
electronic tuners. Downloading the apps on phones or iPods is is accessible in
order to saves more time to use it. Through this generation, I noticed that
most musicians reply on carrying it instead of downloading the software than
the electronic devices or the old fashion tuner, the metal tuner. The only
disadvantages of using tuners on iPods or phones is during a rehearsal because
these devices may be considered unprofessional and puts distraction to
themselves and other people around.
Hmm, this is a case of knowing whether or not technology is appropriate in the classroom, and in this case, why not? Too often technology gets the designated "unprofessional" tag, but in a situation like this it would prove very efficient and convenient, so why not? Clearly, as future educators we need to think about the way we perceive technology and how we pass that on to our students. Hopefully we can create a future atmosphere where all technological use is acceptable.
ReplyDeleteThe tuner is one of the most important parts of a music students life and the fact that we can simply download it as a free app is amazing to me. I'm sure you remember the days where we would have to carry around a huge Dr. Beat machine every time we wanted to practice. Though some people may find phones unprofessional they cannot deny how important a tuner is especially for the ensemble music student
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