Klarinet Archive - Posting 000565.txt from 2003/03

From: "Wendy Bosma" <bosma@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Modifying the intonation of a clarinet
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:28:22 -0500

Have you tried holding down fingers on the right hand to compensate for
throat tones?

Wendy

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From: Deidre Calarco [mailto:dleigh@-----.org]
Subject: Re: [kl] Modifying the intonation of a clarinet

This may be a problem everyone has, but is there a way to flatten the throat
tones?

I recently bought myself a pocket tuner (cheap and useful!!), and tested my
intonation on every note. Since I haven't played with an ensemble in so
long, I expected my intonation to be terrible. Surprisingly, it was normal.
The low notes tended to be a little flat. Above high "C," many notes were
sharp if I wasn't careful to use good breath support rather than biting.
Everything else was in tune.

The throat tones (even with the fingering modifications I'd learned from Ted
Oien when I studied with him briefly in college) were really sharp, to the
point that I couldn't even compensate with my embouchure. Is there a way to
fix that?

-Deidre

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