Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 2003/03

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] intonation
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 10:28:00 -0500

There is *always* adjustment required from the player no matter where he
tunes his instrument or when. As I said in my post, even if you tune both
clarinets before you start to play a large work requiring changes, the
instrument you aren't playing on will generally be a little cooler than it
was when you tuned it. As a result, if the first thing you need to play on
the cold instrument is solo or very tuning-critical, many times you tune a
little sharp before the piece starts (it's easier to adjust down if the
cooled instrument is still sharp) or (close your eyes, Dan) you transpose to
stay on the warm instrument already in your hands until you reach somewhere
to change where the pitch isn't so critical. We're only, after all, talking
about a few cents flat until you play a little on the new instrument and it
comes up to a warm pitch.

My question, really intended for Abe Galper, Howard Klug and any others who
play orchestrally and recommend tuning with the mouthpiece instead of the
barrel, was more whether they guessed at how far initially to push the
mouthpiece into the barrel. It's possible they just know from experience
where the most likely place is with their equipment, or maybe they transpose
more than anyone on Klarinet wants to admit, given the energetic level of
objection the practice draws whenever it is discussed here. I asked the
question out of curiosity, since Abe brought it up with his post about
intonation in the throat register.

Cheers!

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. Rite [mailto:b1rite@-----.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:46 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] intonation
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> <><> Karl Krelove wrote:
> a piece that requires changes back and forth between Bb and A? I know
> that putting a mouthpiece into a cold clarinet
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> Even under the most ideal circumstances (two warm instruments tuned with
> the barrel, etc), should not some adjustment required from the player in
> order to move a mouthpiece from an A to an Bb --- albeit this adjustment
> may be subconscious?
>
> Cheers,
> Bill (who has never tried seriously to play anything except his Bb)
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