Klarinet Archive - Posting 000400.txt from 2006/08

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: RE: [kl] Fwd: pitch centers
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:50:42 -0400

Imagine what it does to brass players....................

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
>Sent: Aug 30, 2006 8:12 PM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: RE: [kl] Fwd: pitch centers
>
>At 05:22 AM 8/30/2006 -0400, Stephen Colley wrote:
>>I think it is not so much the ability to discern a certain amount of
>>"distance" as it is to discern pitch discrepancy in general and learn how to
>>adjust to match the context of the ensemble.
>
>The "distance" is not really the issue, it is the
>DIRECTION. Psychoacoustically speaking, the human ear is much more
>tolerant of sharpness than of flatness. Sharpness can be dismissed as
>"brightness" or "projection" or a "more forward sound." Flat is just
>FLAT. If string players tuned DOWN a couple of cents in order to stand out
>from the crowd they would soon find themselves standing out IN the crowd
>instead. Strings, unfortunately, have the luxury of almost limitless pitch
>adjustment to their instruments, where woodwinds can only go so far without
>throwing the whole instrument out of tune with itself. Guess how much the
>string players care.
>
>
>Bill Hausmann
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
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