Klarinet Archive - Posting 000210.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Short barrels
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:42:15 -0400

At 03:40 PM 9/6/98 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> A@-----.
>
>I think you are exactly right about "pitch creep," but unfortunately, the
>above statement is no longer true. Quite a number of high school band
>directors are now trying to have their bands tune higher than A@-----. I
>can only speculate about the reasons why. Probably one of the main
>reasons is stupidity. Then, I think someone heard that string players
>think their instruments sound more brilliant at a higher pitch, forgetting
>that what string players often advocate is not tuning the entire ensemble
>to a higher pitch, but only their own instruments, making them higher than
>what we might call the "ambient pitch" of the ensemble.
>
>Whatever the reasons behind this trend, it can result only in trouble for
>musicians.
>
My point EXACTLY! We are moving from an era of pitch stability into one of
pitch ANARCHY, and that CAN'T be good.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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