Klarinet Archive - Posting 000809.txt from 1997/05

From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson)
Subj: Re: A clarinet
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 09:23:56 -0400

Actually, the bore of the A clarinet is smaller, but your points are
taken.

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On Wed, 28 May 1997 12:07:30 -0400 (EDT) Fred Jacobowitz
<fredj@-----.edu> writes:
>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
>>
>
>