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Author: georgE11
Date: 2004-11-11 22:40
Hi,
Is it possible that a brand new Buffet E11 may need to be tuned?
Because the high notes that I play don't sound like in the actual music.
Thanks.
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2004-11-12 03:07
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but intonation is something that you constantly have to work at. There are A LOT of factors that play into intonation, including temperature, instrument, air speed, embouchure, mouthpiece, and probably a million other things.
The E11 has rather sketchy intonation in the altissimo range, but it is possible, with alternate fingerings, to make them better.
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2004-11-12 09:40
The E-11's come from the factory in very good condition usually.
Are you using the factory mouthpiece?
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Author: georgE11
Date: 2004-11-12 12:26
No, i'm using a vandoren R5V mouthpiece
but i'm finding out now that if I play around with the way I hold the mouthpiece, i can get pretty close to the tones
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Author: licorice_man
Date: 2004-11-12 15:17
Try getting a tuner and check if you are in tune in the lower registers.
Have someone who is better than you try the clarinet using the tuner.
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Author: William
Date: 2004-11-13 14:51
One more time, the tuning proceedure that I use. Warm up your instrument by playing a few minutes--then: 1) tune G4--pull barrel joint if sharp; 2) tune G5--if sharp, pull middle joint a bit...but not so far as to make the F5 or E5 too flat to be lipped up; 3) tune B4--if sharp, pull the barrel joint...but not so far as to make E & F3 flat. This tuning proceedure will make your clarinet as "in tune" with itself as it can be without the special attention of an accoustician who can adjust tone-hole configurations and readjust bore specifications.
But the untimate tune-up is done by your own ear. No clarinet will play in tune by itself--it must be played in tune by the clarinetist. Perfect intonation on any instrument is impossible because of the mathmatically noncongruant ratios of harmonic system that exists in nature. That is why pianos must be "tempered" by ear, and not simply tuned to an electronic tuner.
So a good rule of thumb (ear??) is: "Good intonation is good co-operation" (between musicians who can play in tune as an ensemble).
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