Klarinet Archive - Posting 000119.txt from 1999/10

From: "Karl Krelove" <kkrelove@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Sounding Flatter
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:35:32 -0400

My own experiences with sharpness have almost always turned out to be reed
problems. To begin with, a reed that is too stiff will be sharp. In fact,
any reed that's unresponsive, even if the problem is simply poor balance,
will make a reed play sharp probably because you end up biting on it to make
it play. I'm going to guess, with absolutely no factual knowledge as basis,
that a Morgan RM10 may have a tip opening of 1.10mm. If the curve length is
anywhere near standard for a French-style facing, I'd suspect that many 3.5
VD's and almost all 4's would be too heavy.

Of course, your embouchure mustn't be pinching the reed, even if it's the
ideal strength, and the inside of your mouth must be open enough to produce
a full sound. Thinness with the sharpness might indicate too much tension in
the throat and not enough opening in the oral cavity itself.

Is it the player or the equipment? The quickest way to find out is to trade
with someone else who plays in tune. If the intonation stays with the
player, it's you. If it follows the equipment, then it's time to figure out
where in your setup the problem is.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: musaki@-----.sg]
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 3:51 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Sounding Flatter
>
>
> Helo all,
>
> I'd just like to ask about this pitch/tuning thing... I realized that I'm
> perpetually sharp... even before warm-up... and that means that I'm
> constantly "out of tune" with the band or ensemble I'm playing with. It's
> getting on my nerves as time passes. I'm using a Morgan RM10 mouthpiece,
> with vandoren #3.5s, and sometimes #4s, and a metallic ligature. The
> instrument I use is a Yamaha Custom YCL82. Everytime it comes to tuning
> during band practices or concerts, I always end up pulling out the barrel
> joint, and the middle joint... to a substantial amount(at times, could
> reach about 4mm!), and still end up sharp... now I wonder if it's the
> player (me, in other words :( ...) which is really the problem,
> and not the
> instrument combination. One of my friends suggested that it might
> be due to
> my "oral structure", the inside of my mouth... but, I'm really
> still trying
> to find a solution, if there could be one...(I've tried adjusting
> the bell,
> the ligature and the reed, but alas!... most of the time, I still am
> sharper than the rest of the clarinets, for eg.)
>
> Hope I can find some helpful opinions here, that I may ponder
> upon and find
> out about. :D
>
> Thanks to All in advance! Cheers!
>
> regards,
> Jessie.
>
>
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