Klarinet Archive - Posting 000611.txt from 1997/02

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: intonation question
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 21:53:08 -0500

Have a teacher who plays check your clarinet to determine if it is you, or
the clarinet that has the most problems. Don't pinch on the high notes-
keep your throat open and increase the airspeed for them. Make sure that
the barrel is not too long.

At 04:40 PM 2/17/97 CST, Diane Karius, Ph.D. wrote:
>I'm an amateur who has been trying to work on my intonation for
>awhile and I have a problem that has been resistant to all my feeble
>attempts at fixing it - I'm interested in finding out if there is
>a common mistake that I've fallen into.
>Part of my daily practice routine is to use a tuner over the full
>range in intervals to improve my intonation. As I gather is fairly
>common, the very low notes (E, F, Fsharp, and G) are flat,
>while the altissimo range is sharp. The problem: the B, C, Csharp,
>and D an octave above middle C (same fingerings that were flat without the
>octave key) are all very flat. I've been able to improve
>intonation everywhere else but here with practice. Any suggestions?
>(if it will help: I play a Selmer series 9 (original barrel) with a
>Gigliotti mouthpiece and Vandoren V12 #4 reeds)
>Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
>Department of Physiology
>University of Health Sciences
>2105 Independence Ave.
>Kansas City, MO 64124
>email: dikarius@-----.EDU
>
>
David C. Blumberg
reedman@-----.com