Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 2010/11

From: "Steve Hartman" <sdh902@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:27:27 -0500

I think she means a flat A-natural, in other words, more than a quarter tone
sharp.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Bassett" <bassettt1@-----.com>
To: "klarinet" <klarinet@-----.com>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch

>
> If your Bb is registering as a flat A ... then wouldn't pulling out and
> blowing it down only make it flatter?
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:03:07 -0800
>> From: gsurosey@-----.com
>> To: klarinet@-----.com
>> Subject: Re: [kl] RES: RES: Orchestral Pitch
>>
>> > It's my experience that most bass
>> > clarinets tune best with themselves
>> > at 441 or 442. Like it or not.
>>
>> I have that issue, but I think part of the problem is that it's out of
>> adjustment. My throat tones are especially horrendous. The throat Bb
>> registers as a flat A on my tuner. It's very hard for me to pull out and
>> blow it down enough to get it in tune, so until I scare up some cash to
>> get to worked on, I avoid that note. The alternate fingering is better,
>> but some stuff I'm playing I don't have time to get to it. So, I leave
>> the notes out that are nasty.
>>
>> Rachel
>>
>>
>>
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