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Author: Marcowelby
Date: 2005-02-27 03:01
Hi,
My teacher remarked that when you play lower notes pianissimo the pitch tends to become somewhat high. I checked with a tuner and sure enough my low notes were all a little high pitch when I play pianissimo.
Any tricks to improve the pitch with this particular problem?
Thanks
Marc
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2005-02-27 07:59
No real "tricks" involved. Just lip them a little lower. Pretty much part of normal intonation training on most clarinets. Everyone needs to develop their "ear"and learn to compensate for intonation problems.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-02-27 15:53
Airstream. When people play soft, they often put a less steady airstream through the instrument, causing, among other things, a bit of a pinch on the reed. Soft notes, more than anything, require a steady airstream.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-02-27 19:03
in the same line of questioning...my low notes tend to be quite flat, and when I play them forte/fortissimo (sometimes even mezzo forte...) they go REALLY flat. what am I doing wrong?
-Lindsie
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2005-02-27 23:27
Lindsie - the general rule is louder=flatter and softer=sharper.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2005-02-28 01:15
The louder=flatter rule is especially tricky when playing with the great deal of louder=sharper instruments, i.e. most winds and brass.
Coupled with the warmer=flatter of string instruments vs. winds' warmer=sharper, tuning is extra tricky.
Lindsie: Just because loud is easier to play, don't let up on your embouchre.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-02-28 12:31
I think I know why the notes are especially flat now- I have a mouthpiece with a small bore... unless the third register is altissimo, and not chalameau??
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-02-28 22:06
MIL,
It's my thinking that a smaller bore would mean sharper . . . maybe it could be something else . . . ?
US Army Japan Band
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-02-28 22:17
sfalexi wrote:
> It's my thinking that a smaller bore would mean sharper . . .
> maybe it could be something else . . . ?
yes, you are right, it makes the clarinet sharper overall, but the third register flat. however, I realized that I had been referring to the chalameau register, not the altissimo...
-Lindsie
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2005-02-28 22:22
Ah. Point explained!
In that case, Alex, above (EEBaum) beat me to what I was going to say. I gotta monitor the board more often. Seems he's been beating my responses more often than not . . . . ![[yeah]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley17.gif)
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: music_is_life
Date: 2005-03-01 12:27
I was reading a Tom Ridenour book that said that if one has a good MP, that person should not have to change their embrochure throughout the different registers...
-Lindsie
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