Klarinet Archive - Posting 000563.txt from 2002/03

From: "John P. Varineau" <jvarineau@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] R-13 and intonation...good grief
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:37:43 -0500

Mark wrote:

>>Or the end of the second movement of the Pathetique. The 1st clarinet
plays
the third above the perfect 5th in the bassoons (and horns?) . Third
finger
rh almost touches the ring to get a just M3 and of course a great sound
results. But I would like to know why tune that M3 just. Throughout the
movement there is no such quality. Why introduce this tuning at the very
end
of the piece? I don't have an answer.>>

Right! And we've been playing that very same note in the previous seven
measures, but probably closer to the equal tempered pitch and in unison
with the violas. The violas have probably been playing that note closer
to "just" during those measures and quietly cursing the clarinetist who
is "sharp." Then, in the final measure, the violas just pizz and the
horns and bassoons and clarinets are left holding. The bassoons and
horns are on open fifths. Yikes.

John Varineau
Associate Conductor, Grand Rapids Symphony
Conductor, Grand Rapids Youth Symphony

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