Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan for tuning octaves aurally
- Work health and safety (WHS) requirements, legislative requirements and workplace practices relevant to tuning octaves are verified and complied with
- Customer requirements are received, analysed and confirmed with appropriate personnel
- Communication with others involved with the work is established and maintained to ensure efficient work flow, coordination, personnel cooperation and safety
- Written instructions are followed
- Prepare to tune octaves
- Tune the fundamental string aurally to a pitch standard
- Match frequency of a string 1 octave above or below pitch standard
- Pitch of string/octave is adjusted above or below pitch standard
- Stabilisation techniques are utilised
- th and 5th intervals are used to establish the highest or lowest beatless condition
- The overtone of the primary note is matched a fundamental octave up, or the fundamental of a primary note is matched to the 1st octave of one overtone lower
- th, double octaves and minor 7th checks are used
- Intervals going up and down are tested to ensure tuning meets industry standards
- Remaining octaves are tuned according to the above process
- Clean up work area