Klarinet Archive - Posting 000354.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning for ensembles and larger
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:12:03 -0500

This is actually very interesting. .. what would cause this?

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From: "Gary Truesdail" <gir@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] Tuning for ensembles and larger

> When I was doing full-time symphonic work for 20 years there were many
> occasions where the thirds, both minor and major of the tonic chord
> needed to be higher or lower from what you normally play depending upon
> which key you were in; for example the Eb in a
> Cm chord would be lower than a D# in a B chord. Intonation just seemed
> to fall in place better if you were aware of this. The tuning of some
> intervals can be different in different keys.
>
> GaryT
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