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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-08-30 08:43
I want to know if there's any tuning program that would be nice to use for tuning up Clarinet, done in hertz, so that we can do pretty accurate measurement. It occurred to me that this might be a good thing to have as to get a metric of how good a horn is...
(My warm-up before comparing C clarinets would be a matchup between my CSG and a R S Symphonie. Will need suggestions about how to best conduct this exercise)
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2010-08-30 09:25
Have you got an iPhone? There is a rather good tuning app which measures in herzts. It's called Cleartune.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-08-30 09:29
@cigleris: No... cause I am one of those IT geeks that simply cannot reconcile with the Apple ecosystem...
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-08-30 10:21
Thank you! Quick question though. What notes should I pay particular attention to in tuning other than A4? My embouchure is not mature so I generally don't play in tune for anything below C5. (I firm up surprisingly after that point)
At least this is my observation after using that tuner program, as I needed a little effort to get A=440. I play at 436 generally. At D6/Eb6 and above I become less precise and starts to veer flat.
Post Edited (2010-08-30 10:27)
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2010-08-30 10:42
Actually, tuning for "reference" purposes should be done blindly - one is playing, another one is writing down the results.
If you're doing it for improving your overall tuning, find the note that's most far off and work from there. Long, looong, loooooooooong notes should stay stable within a few cents and not get significantly higher or lower near the end.
Last but not least: Ditch the tuner as soon as you play in an ensemble. There you should use your ears and learn to adapt to the ensemble's tuning.
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Ben
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Author: Franklin Liao
Date: 2010-08-30 15:03
Only one thing. I haven't actually owned a battery operated tuner and I spend most of my time in front of a Computer for my work, so it's my first tuner if you will. This way I don't need to borrow one...
Post Edited (2010-08-30 15:06)
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Author: BartHx
Date: 2010-08-30 15:36
I have to agree with Ben. A tuning note is just a starting, reference point. As it turns out, if you play perfectly in tune, some notes will sound out of tune. That's why a piano has more than one string for each designated note. They are tuned differently. Once everyone agrees on a reference note, you start using your ears and adjust as necessary.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2010-08-30 15:57
That's not why a piano has more than one string for each note. See https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Piano_acoustics
Sounding out of tune when you play perfectly in tune is the case because of the compromises inherent in different tuning systems. Equal temperament, which the tuner you'll get for $20 at the music store is calibrated to, uses equal ratios between all the notes. This allows easy modulation through any key, but comes at the expense of a slightly flat perfect fifth, a very sharp major third, and a flat minor third, among other things, in relation to the perfect ratios you'd see in a modulation-unfriendly but more "acoustically correct" system like just intonation.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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