Doublereed Archive - Posting 000020.txt from 2007/08

From: Barbara Trautwein <mzeztee@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Tuning question
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:20:05 -0400

Dear Jackie,

The people I've been around tune en masse to the solo wind. Or at least
go through the motions of doing it before playing together. THEN, the
solo wind does a lot of lisening and adjusting to the first violin and
the cello, playing the bass line.

:-)

2 cents

B

Jackie Kovach wrote:

> OK, here's the issue: the Brahms' Clarinet Quintet (or the Mozart
> Oboe Quartet or any piece with a solo wind + strings). How does
> tuning work the best, in your opinion? Should each string player
> tune to the solo wind? Or the string group tune en masse to the solo
> wind? Or should the 1st violin tune and then the other strings tune
> to that, NOT to the solo wind?
>
> Jackie
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