Klarinet Archive - Posting 001094.txt from 1999/04

From: "Karen Harker" <KAREN.HARKER@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuners / not what they are cracked up to be
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:23:39 -0400

Thank you very much for your interest.

I just purchased a decent Normandy clarinet with an old plastic mouthpiece.=
I am saving to purchase a new hard rubber mouthpiece shortly.

I use Vanderan(?) reeds, strength #2 @-----.

BTW, I just started playing this instrument a month ago, and although I =
feel I have progressed, I know I have far to go.

Thanks.
Karen

>>> Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net> 4/26/99 3:55:39 PM >>>
Karen Harker wrote:
>=20
> Tuning is an art. Whether all, or even most people can learn it =
effectively is open for debate. But it definitely requires certain =
skills, the easiest one to impart would be to listen for the 'wa-wa's - =
the warbeling of tone between two notes. The faster the warbeling, the =
greater the difference between the tones. One more thing is that most =
people can notice flatness much more easily than sharpness.
>=20
> I use a little keyboard (A=3D440) with a transposer to tune, at least at =
home.
>=20
> I recently shifted from the oboe to the clarinet, and I never realized =
how hard it was to tune a clarinet. Keeping an oboe in tune requires =
shifting the location of the reed in the mouth ever so slightly (among =
other things), but not so much with the clarinet. Furthermore, I am =
terribly sharp in the lower register and fairly flat in the higher =
register.
>=20
> So, I would like to know how to balance this variety. Does anybody have =
some generalized techniques that work for them keeping in mind the =
differences between instruments?
>=20
> Thanks.
>=20
> Karen R. Harker
> UT Southwestern Medical Library
> 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
> Dallas, TX 75235-9049
> 214-648-5073
> http://www.swmed.edu/library/=20

Karen,

It would help to know about your set up. What kind of clarinet and =
mouthpiece
are you playing on? Also, what are you using for reeds?

I have some suspicions but will reserve them until you can give a little =
more information.

Please write back. I think there are many people here who will offer good =
suggestions.

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