Klarinet Archive - Posting 000388.txt from 1998/02

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: Intonation
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 05:13:18 -0500

Is this flatness relative to your own tuner or to the orchestra's pitch?
These might not be the same.
Roger Shilcock

On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Frankenberg von u wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 17:28:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: Frankenberg von u <vonx7550@-----.ca>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.us
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: Intonation
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been bothered by a very frustrating problem for about 1 month
> now. It is that I am consistently playing 20-30 cents flat on every
> note. I noticed it after christmas break, when orchestra rehearsals
> started again. My setup (mouthpiece, reed strength, clarinet) did not
> change.
>
> I have played on other peoples' setups, and the problem is exactly the
> same. People who play on mine, play in tune.
>
> So, things that I have tried in order to fix this include countless
> number of different reed strenghts, voicing the sound differently (eeee
> as opposed to ahh), taking more mouthpiece, and taking less mouthpiece.
> I am hesitant to rush out and buy new barrels because that does not seem
> to be the problem. I have played fine on this setup before.
>
> I practice 4-6 hours a day, and a lot of this time I spend on long
> tones.
>
> Anyway, I hope that some people may have suggestions for me, because I am
> baffled by this.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Merlin Von Frankenberg
> WLU
>