Klarinet Archive - Posting 000263.txt from 1997/05
From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson) Subj: Tuning and reeds Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 03:18:08 -0400
Here's a test I learned a while back:
Try playing just your mouthpiece and reed (no barrel or
clarinet). Play with normal embouchure and support. Ideally, the pitch
produced should be a C (concert). If what you hear from just this part
of the instrument is sharp, then the problem is probably in the reed /
mpiece / lig setup. This doesn't mean that any one of these, or the
combination of them, is necessarily BAD, just perhaps wrong for the way
you are playing this week / month / year. Incidentally, I'm not positive
that the note is supposed to be a CONCERT C. It could be a WRITTEN C (on
the B-flat instrument--that's the instrument I was playing on when I was
shown this technique years ago), but you'll be able to tell which is
correct. If you are a little sharp or flat of where you should be, it
won't be by anything approaching a whole step.
Best of luck,
Nathaniel Johnson
Conductor / Clarinettist
All-Around Good Guy
University of Northern Colorado
clarinat@-----.com
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