Klarinet Archive - Posting 000764.txt from 1997/05
From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu> Subj: Re: A clarinet Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 12:43:44 -0400
Deborah,
I have had that experience and I am sure others have too. I think
it is a result many things such as: 1) the A is lower and larger in the
bore so it has a whole different set of overtones 2) All A's tune
differently on different notes than B-flats so if you are a good player
and used to compensating for your B-flat's inevitable ideosyncracies, you
will be fouling up perfectly good notes on the A or ignoring the A's own
set of idiosyncracies, 3) the tone quality of the A is much mellower and
even that can throw off your perceptions, etc...
There's a learning curve here. Don't sweat it. Get out that tuner
and learn what is right (even if it doesn't sound it).
Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Robert and Deborah Shaw wrote:
> I have recently begun performing on my A clarinet quite a bit more
> than ever before, but sometimes the tone bothers me, just because I feel
> like I am playing flat, but I know that I am really in tune. I have
> spent a lot of time with the tuner, and can really play better in tune
> on my A, than my Bb. How many of you have encountered this and what do
> you do about it?
>
> Deborah
>
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