Klarinet Archive - Posting 000295.txt from 2010/10

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] We are missing an instrument
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:07:14 -0400

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Jennifer Jones
<helen.jennifer@-----.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Dan Leeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrot=
e:
>> There were two kinds of B-flat clarinets made by the manufacturers. One =
was
>> a B-flat clarinet and the other was characterized as a B-flat clarinet H=
P,
>> meaning high pitched. =A0The need for both instruments derived from the =
fact
>> that when a player was contacted for a job, he invariably asked, "What
>> pitch?" =A0And depending on the answer to that question, he chose the B-=
flat
>> clarinet or the B-flat clarinet HP.
>>
>> But that is not the same as a clarinet in B-natural, though it might wor=
k if
>> one were required. =A0I once had a guy who brought such a clarinet to my
>> attention, and I was stupid enough to think that it was just a badly made
>> instrument. =A0I should have bought it and used it as a clarinet in B-na=
tural.
>
> Did it have equal temperament or mean tone temperament?
>

Maybe I meant Pythagorean tuning rather than mean tone temperament
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_tuning

-Jennifer

Hazards of pulling stuff from a vague memory associating well-tempered
klavier with equal temperament and snagging things off Wikipedia in a
hurry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
_______________________________________________
Klarinet mailing list
Klarinet@-----.com
To do darn near anything to your subscription, go to:
http://klarinet-list.serve-music.com

   
     Copyright © Woodwind.Org, Inc. All Rights Reserved    Privacy Policy    Contact charette@woodwind.org