Klarinet Archive - Posting 001238.txt from 1998/12

From: Dan Sutherland <dsuther@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Intonation training
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 01:31:29 -0500

Most times here I feel that I am in a game show where I know the answer
but won't get a shot at it because I'm too slow on the button or the
question's resolved long before I have a chance at it.
To the point.
Consider 2 things: Clarinet, if played correctly, can travel very little
upwards in pitch through manipulation of embouchure [biting].
: It is extremely difficult to determine sharp or flat
while playing simultaneous unisons unless they are widely different.
What to do.
Your ability to determin # or b when tuning improves a great deal if
there is silence between the pitch [you are to match is] sounded and your
attempt on clarinet. Pluses to this method are that you can actually hear
# and bness. The drawback is that if you are having a bad pitch day and it
is a solo recital, everyone in the place with any sense of pitch, will know
if you guess wrong. Don't be a coward. Play tuning pitches separately.
There is not a lot to be gained by trying to lip a pitch up. Instead, if
you doubt your tuning, try dropping your jaw a bit to bend your pitch down
during a not so critical passage. If things sound and feel better pull out
your barrel a bit next chance. If things sound a lot worse jam the barrel
all the way in and explore for the pitch by dropping your jaw next
appropriate chance. You can get good at this. Give it a try.

Dan
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