Klarinet Archive - Posting 000838.txt from 1998/11

From: "Ed Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] tuning/fingering questions
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1998 07:52:34 -0500

Diane,
What in God's Name is your setup!!?? It sounds intoleralble. You
obviously have a fine ear. You deserve better equiptment or maybe you need
to have a good clarinet tuner [not just a guy who does overhauls] look over
your horn. That many problems can't your fault.

Ed Maurey

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> From: Diane Karius, Ph.D. <dikarius@-----.edu>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] tuning/fingering questions
> Date: Sunday, November 22, 1998 4:58 AM
>
> I've been pondering these questions for a week and a half and I still
> don't get it - so: I routinely use resonant fingerings in the
> throat tones and half hole the low altissimo D, E, and F when I play.
> If I use those fingerings to tune, my clarinet is well in tune with
> itself (the notable exceptions being the throat Bb (A+register key),
> which is hideously flat - that gets worse if I don't use the resonant
> fingering in the G to tune; and the altissimo A, which is hideously
> sharp (higher notes come back down)). My new teacher has told me: 1)
> to use the resonant fingerings only when I drift sharp as a way to
> bring the tone down (which they certainly work well for); 2) not to
> half-hole the altissimo notes (at all); and 3) not to use either
> half-holing or the resonant fingerings when I tune. Given #1 and 2,
> I certainly see where #3 comes from, but I don't understand #1 and 2.
>
> My questions then:
> 1. How uncommon/common is it for a clarinetist to use either of
> these fingering techniques? Is there any arguement against using
> them even when the tone & pitch of the note is improved by them?
> 2. Given that the clarinet is in better tune with itself when
> I use those techniques as I tune and that all but the quickest notes
> are being played using these fingerings, what would be a reason for
> _not_ tuning using those techniques? (Obviously, this question is
> moot if there is a reason not to be using those fingering in the
> first place)
>
> Sorry for being so long winded!
> Thanks.
> diane k.
> Diane R. Karius, Ph.D.
> Department of Physiology
> University of Health Sciences
> 1750 Independence Ave.
> Kansas City, MO 641o6-1453
> email: dikarius@-----.EDU
>
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