Klarinet Archive - Posting 000356.txt from 2002/11

From: Richard T <rthomson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] On a matter of pitch
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:41:28 -0500

William;

If I may presume the intent of Mr. Aten's suggestion, he is not
addressing the question you state, but rather that you are more likely to
gauge your true unfavoured intonation of each note if you play without the
visual feedback of the tuning needle, which could possibly influence your
adjusting of the pitch.
As to your stated question, I would submit that there is no such
thing as "the intrinsic pitch of the instrument", any more than "the
intrinsic speed of a baseball" unless someone picks it up and throws it.

Regards
D. Thomson.

At 09:35 AM 07/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>I agree. That is what I would anticipate. Which then suggests the question:
>how to differentiate the player from the intrinsic pitch of the instrument.

> > William,
> >
> > To get an even more accurate idea about the instruments potential, have
> > someone else do the recording of the pitch. This without you peeking at
>the
> > result while you play. You may find the outcome quite different.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Forest
> >

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