Klarinet Archive - Posting 000929.txt from 2000/10

From: Labadorf@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Re:tuner suggestions
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:07:58 -0400

Stefano,

You can't go wrong with the advice from Neil and Patricia, but I would
definately stay away from the tuners that do not give a pitch! The most
useful tuner is one that gives a pitch which can be calibrated at least 30
cents low, has an analogue (not digital) meter and volume control. The one I
use is the Korg AT-12 which is not available for purchase. (Saw one on ebay
for $24 bid the other day) The latest Korg comperable model is AT-120, but
you have to be very serious to spend $200+ US (but don't Philosophy Profs
make the big bucks?) You can also comb the internet for computer programs
that turn you computer into an oscillator. I have one for my Mac that can be
set to equal temperment, or any number of cycles per second or +- cent to
1/1000 you want! (Overkill, yes, but you don't have to use every feature)
It also provides two simultaneous pitches that can be tuned in equal
temperment, or in ratios, an important feature for hearing just temperment.

Once you have your pitch generator of whichever brand, you can use my warm-up
excersize found on the Online Clarinet Resource. The article has more
background about tuning.

http://www.ocr.sneezy.org/articles/labadorf1.html

The important feature is the sounding pitch. Remember, we tune by responding
to what we hear, not by what we see on a meter.

Tom Labadorf
Labadorf@-----.com
http://pages.cthome.net/labadorf
Clarinetist, US Coast Guard Band
Adjunct instructor
Central Conn. State University
Connecticut College

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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:03:37 +1300
From: Stefano Franchi <s.franchi@-----.nz>
Subject: Re:tuner suggestions

Many thanks to all for the helpful suggestions on the tuner.

Patricia Smith recommended working on breathing technique--point well taken!
My
biggest surprise when picking up the horn again: my fingering was more or less
still there, embouchure a bit less but not totally absent, but breathing...no
muscle memory at all! It is really a mystery to me why my fingers can
remember so easily while my diaphragm (and associated muscles) is totally
oblivious. It has probably to do with the different levels of awareness
involved: after all using your fingers is mostly a conscious activity while
using the diaphragm is mostly sub-conscious, and it is perhaps reasonable that
training the latter is more difficult and (therefore?) more easily forgotten
than the former. Enough with the digression (prefessional deformation, I am
afraid). Thanks again to all,

Stefano

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