Klarinet Archive - Posting 000344.txt from 1997/05

From: GJdeVries@-----.com
Subj: Re: Tuning and reeds
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 18:29:48 -0400

Lorne G. Buick, Nathaniel Johnson and David Pino are all correct. I use the
pitch produced by the mouthpiece as a guide for my students also. For me,
that pitch can vary from C (concert) to a very flat C sharp (concert)
depending on the mouthpiece I use. I also use the mouthpiece and barrel with
students, mostly when I can't stand their mouthpiece sound any more. :-)

Dr. Pino gives very specific instructions in his book about producing the
"second F-sharp above middle C on the piano". His instructions in the section
"Embouchure Formation" are to "remove both the mouthpiece and the barrel as
one unit".

Jay

ELYONS@-----.net wrote:

>I'm confused.

>In Pino's, The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing, he describes the sound
>produced by just blowing the reed and mouthpiece. He states: "You
>should be able to produce a tone that sounds about the same as the
>second F-sharp above "middle C" on the piano.

>Admittedly, this instruction is for beginners. But since his point is
>to attempt to indicate how to produce a proper tone, I don't believe
>this explains the difference between him saying that the tone produced
>should be a piano F#5, while the discussions in the previous messages
>indicate that the tone should be a piano (i.e., concert?) C or Bb.

>When I tried this a while ago, I though I got an F#.

>I must have missed something. Please correct me.