Klarinet Archive - Posting 000598.txt from 1999/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Intonation questions
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:01:51 -0500

At 02:45 PM 3/10/99 -0500, Craig D. Butcher wrote:
>I have heard suggestions that:
>
>1. I am so used to the intonation quirks of the other instrument that I
>am still trying to compensate for this, or still hearing it, and messing
>myself up.
>
This can have a bearing.

>4. I have noticed a tendency on my part to think that I sound better
>sharp than flat; that is, if I am flat, I don't like the sound, but if I
>am sharp, I seem happier that way. Is this normal or am I perverse?
>
The ear is more tolerant of sharpness than flatness. That is why string
players tune sharp on purpose to stick out and sound "brilliant." They
could tune flat and stick out just as much, but everyone would think they
sounded horrible!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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