Klarinet Archive - Posting 000359.txt from 2002/11

From: "William Semple" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] On a matter of pitch
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:41:30 -0500

I would agree with this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard T" <rthomson@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] On a matter of pitch

> 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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