Klarinet Archive - Posting 000705.txt from 2004/03

From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tuning experiment
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:19:37 -0500

Walter Grabner wrote:

>I would like to try a VERY unscientific experiment, but one which we may all find very revealing.
>
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Snipped, but DEFINITELY read.

And you know what? This makes a LOT of sense. Because, I HOPE no one
has all those notes right on the mark all the time. That would scare me
out of my wits.

That said, I find that, when I DO have a clarinet, (no hurry, and this
is NOT a hint - the best things DO take time! *G*), that that needle is
consistently in the same place for the same notes. C3, for instance, is
off by about the same amount, every time I play it, so is F1, G1 etc. I
am wondering something else: Do those of us who grow up playing piano
get used to hearing tempered tuning, as opposed to justified tuning?
(I'm getting in a lot deeper than I should - I don't know nearly enough
about this stuff. I DO know that I have found it easier to tune with
trumpets than some other clarinet players, much to my chagrin)

Patricia Smith

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