{"id":1348,"date":"2020-03-17T07:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T14:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T18:56:26","slug":"tuning-like-tympani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/?p=1348","title":{"rendered":"Tuning the violin like a drum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"967\" height=\"388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/VN_LH_timpani-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/VN_LH_timpani-2.png 967w, https:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/VN_LH_timpani-2-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.timsummers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/VN_LH_timpani-2-768x308.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every time you use your left hand to choose a pitch, you must be confident in its tuning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is as though you are playing the timpani: once you tune it, you can concentrate much more clearly on how it is struck, and how it makes sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And know, when you start playing, that what&#8217;s done is done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time you use your left hand to choose a pitch, you must be confident in its tuning. 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