Klarinet Archive - Posting 000177.txt from 2005/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Upward Creeping pitch
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:22:02 -0400

At 02:32 PM 10/20/2005 -0700, Dick Williams wrote:
>I guess the bottom line is. We need some standard ... A440 was agreeed upon
>and seems fine. We can deviate from that easily IF that is what we wish.
>But, please do not tell me that the standard is low because you or your
>favorite singer are working at a higher pitch.

"Low Pitch" is only descriptive as compared to the A = 452 standard of
"High Pitch" and came into use ONLY to make that very distinction. It is
not really "low" at all, and indeed, is higher than the old A = 435
continental pitch. And, of course, it is low compared to what many
orchestras, especially European and Japanese ones, are climbing up to
lately. Personally, I am all for a return to the sanity of a standard
concert pitch, and A = 440 is as good as any and better than most,
especially since it has history. But how are you going to make these fools
conform?

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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