Klarinet Archive - Posting 000126.txt from 2002/11

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuners
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:31:41 -0500

<><> Forest=A0Aten wrote:
Be sure to re-tongue the note you are moving to. I find that many tuners
have a very difficult time deciding on the pitch when I slur from one
pitch to another.

Thanks for the idea. This *does* help for a moment (I just tried it),
but then my tuner returns to its 'confused' state if I hold a long tone.

I have noticed that, in this particular case, decreasing from 'mf' to
'pp' helps the tuner settle into a steady state. However, this doesn't
help me if I want to measure (as opposed to listen to) how my pitch
moves as I change loudness level.

I've begun to wonder if a musician with a 'purer' tone than myself would
receive more accurate measurements simply because his tone doesn't
contain as many stray 'non-harmonic' partials which perhaps are the
source of the tuner's confusion.

Cheers,
Bill

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