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Author: Michelle
Date: 2005-02-13 20:38
I have been playing an older Buffet bass clarinet and the high E (top space on the staff) is extremely flat. The notes around it are good and the low A (same fingering) is dead-on.
- Do you have any ideas why this would be so flat?
- How do I fix it?
Thanks, Bass Clarinet GURUs
Michelle
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Author: Burt
Date: 2005-02-13 22:39
Check to see whether the relevant keys open far enough:
Right ring finger
Register hole on the neck.
If it's one of these, then it's a simple job for a tech to re-adjust (if there is an adjustment), change a cork thickness or change to a thinner pad.
If this is not the problem, then I'll have to punt.
I'm using a Selmer bass. E and F are weak notes, but they're not flat.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2005-02-14 14:31
I've run into this particular note being flat on a number of clarinets, sopranos as well as basses --- I've generally had to mess with the appropriate tonehole (the first open one below the hole closed when playing the E) to bring the pitch up ---being careful not to overdo it and always checking the 12th below to make sure it isn't adversely affected.
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Author: msloss
Date: 2005-02-14 15:09
Try playing it sharper. Or play your A flatter and adjust the instrument. I played an old Buffet bass for years, and now play on the new 1193. The simple truth is that you have to work extremely hard to obtain good pitch. Particularly with bass, you can't tune the easy notes and expect the rest to fall in line. Sit down with a tuner and play slow chromatic scales, and follow those by playing 12ths in chromatic series and watch your pitch carefully. You may find that you are choking the low notes up to pitch when in reality you have tuned the whole instrument flat.
Good luck with it Michelle.
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