Klarinet Archive - Posting 000842.txt from 1999/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] flat pitch!!
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 19:58:33 -0400

At 10:41 AM 10/27/1999 -0500, R. Williams wrote:
>I have a 8th grade clarinet player with good tone, average technique,
>and horrible pitch. She is constantly flat. She plays on a Selmer 100
>woooden clarinet with a stock mouthpiece. New equipment is not an
>option right now. Any suggestions on how to fix her pitch. I know the
>whole "raise the tongue" thing, anything else that has worked for some
>of you in the past?
>
Try some other mouthpieces. Some otherwise good mouthpieces play flat or
sharp, sometimes varying form one to another in the same batch. Or see if
you can find a shorter barrel to try as an experiment.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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