Klarinet Archive - Posting 000297.txt from 2004/11

From: orm1ondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] pitch standard
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:51:02 -0500

Forest Aten wrote:

> [4 cents] might be "very audibly out of tune"
> when you are working with a piano...but it's
> not significant in an orchestra or band
> performance situation.

Forest, this is a question, not a challenge or disagreement:

Assuming that you had decided that a certain pitch was necessary in a
certain ensemble situation --- and putting 'social courtesy' aside,
thinking only of the music --- how far "off" would you say that a player
could be before the other ensemble members would be justified in
commenting that the player was "out of tune"?

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