Klarinet Archive - Posting 000433.txt from 1997/01

From: Kimberly Joan Kriston <kjk0003@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Tuning again
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:15:01 -0500

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Benedict Lockwood wrote:

> Thanks for the replies about tuning the clarinet. And the discussion on 440
> vs 442.
> Now excuse my ignorance but...
>
> " The best way to tune, on my opinion, is therefore to FIRST tune
> the throat tones (probably pick a note that is a P4 below the tuning
> note) at the barrel or mouthpiece, and then tune the longer-length notes
> (the given tuning note) at the middle joint"
>
> What do you mean by P4?
>
> And to Steve formally from Zuerich, Where are you now then?
>
> Benedict (Arlesheim, Switzerland)
>
P4 means the interval of a perfect fourth. :-)