Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2010/09

From: "Keith Bowen" <keith.bowen@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] tuning
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:25:10 -0400

It's about mutual education rather than winning! I didn't say tradition
didn't come into it, but it is more than that.

>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning:

This table lists open strings on some common string instruments and their
standard tunings.
violin, mandolin, Irish tenor banjo G,
D, A, E
viola, cello, tenor banjo, mandola, mandocello, tenor guitar C, G, D, A
double bass, mando-bass, bass guitar* (B*,) E, A,
D, G
guitar
E, A, D, G, B, E
ukulele
G, C, E, A (the G string is higher than the C and E, and two half steps
below the A string, known as reentrant tuning)

You see that A and G are the only pitches common to all of these. I'd agree
that tradition determines the selection, but I dare say violinists have a
reason for not choosing their lowest string. Their ears are probably
insensitive to that pitch after having the E string so close to their ear
all the time.

But tuning to any pitch other than a common open string, e.g. Bb, would be
absurd for strings. For the wind band, this is good for the trombone as it
is the pedal fundamental (harmonics would also work), and many other
instruments are naturally in Bb or Eb. Tuning a trombone to A is silly.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Marks [mailto:martymarks@-----.com] =

Sent: 09 September 2010 19:26
To: The Klarinet Mailing List
Subject: Re: [kl] tuning

I don't concede. =A0It's still tradition.

On 09 Sep, 2010,at 02:09 PM, Nancy Buckman <nebuckman@-----.com> wrote:

Keith wins...LOL!

Nancy
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AACC Symphony
Opera AACC
Early Music Society of Northern MD
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