Klarinet Archive - Posting 000800.txt from 1997/02

From: Douglas Sears <dsears@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: intonation question
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:58:44 -0500

On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, Diane Karius, Ph.D. wrote:

> 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)

Mouthpieces make a lot of difference to intonation. The mouthpiece
that gave the best intonation on my Series 9 was a Vandoren B40.
I'd suggest going to a store and trying out a bunch of different
models, to get an idea of whether that might help.

> Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
> Department of Physiology
> University of Health Sciences
> 2105 Independence Ave.
> Kansas City, MO 64124
> email: dikarius@-----.EDU
>

--Doug

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Doug Sears dsears@-----.org/~dsears