Klarinet Archive - Posting 001167.txt from 1998/12

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:Intonation training
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 08:30:20 -0500

Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:03:44 EST
From: Klarinet94@-----.com
Subject: Sharp or Flat Troubles!
I have a lot of trouble staying in tune. My band director tells me to listen
to it and to tune it up. I don't know what to listen for. I can usually get
other people to help determine whether I am flat or sharp. I don't know what
I am supposed to listen for. Does anyone have any notes or tips that will
help?
Thanks,
Love ya,
Sara
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I teach intonation training to my students using 2 tuners - one new korg
tuner, and one old one (20 yrs old). The new one I set to play a#, the
second one (older one) has adjustable pitch "on the fly" which I can move
up, and down while it is sounding a note. (by the way, the older Korg
sounds like a Clarinet, unlike the newer one) Playing the A# , and moving
the other pitch, I tell the student to listen to the waves - pulses, and
try to move their hand to the number of beats that are being created by the
2 waveforms not being in sync with each other (say 5 cents apart). I
learned to hear and count the beats up to around 13 per second taking a
piano tuning course in College. Piano tuning can get you really crazy about
pitch very quickly. Hearing that there are waveforms is a first step to
knowing where the pitch is - and being able to then change the pitch to
eliminate them is the last. Then I have them play their Clarinet and hear
the pulses, and eliminate them.
David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/david_blumberg/

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