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Author: SusanT
Date: 2007-03-31 05:31
Has this ever happened to anybody else?
I was doing scales. C-major, very exciting. Clarinet is now playable (doesn't sound great, but I don't remember it ever sounding great, and I'm pretty sure the largest part of the problem is between clarinet and chair) and I'm getting back into practicing daily.
So today I'm doing my C-major scale. And on the A, I hear this metallic rattle.
Worrisome. So I try some more playing. Everything else is fine, but on the A, a metallic rattling sound, very quiet but noticeable.
And, I realize, not coming from the clarinet. When I move into the hallway, try the A... nothing. So what the heck is going on?
It was, I swear, an empty soda can on my desk sitting next to some other miscellaneous junk. Vibrating every time I hit the A and hitting against a nearby piece of cardboard.
Very weird. I know objects can resonate to certain frequencies, but I've never had it happen to me before. But then, I didn't use to practice in a cluttered office. I wish I had space to set up a dedicated practice area, but it's a pretty small apartment. At least it's not some new issue with the clarinet. About gave me a heart attack at first.
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2007-03-31 05:49
Try playing in a music room with a guitar on the wall. You get a lingering chord after you've stopped. Makes musical friends sit up.
BobT
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Author: ginny
Date: 2007-03-31 05:54
I once spent a hour or too looking for my classical guitars problem. Looked for wood splinters, moved to other rooms, put it on the floor and plucked.. It was rattling agains a shirt snap.
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Author: D
Date: 2007-03-31 07:33
Top D, and the radiator in the room where I practise have a definite understanding.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-03-31 09:25
My computer screen likes clarion Eb  and my didgeridoo in the kichen moves a lot of spoons
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-03-31 13:14
A metallic buzz on certain (few) notes, and it was the clarinet.
After a long and tedious search I found that the lyre screw (it's an Alto) managed to wiggle itself slightly loose.
It certainly wasn't that kind of ring I was after...
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Ben
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Author: donald
Date: 2007-03-31 13:36
i once composed a piece for a big competition- while writing in my room i noticed notes ringing on the guitar, so i included this effect in the composition. The score indicated that a guitar (on a stand) was to be placed next to the clarinet player.... certain notes set certain strings ringing at certain places in the score- it worked very effectively.....
..... in my room. When we set up for the dress rehearsal for the first concert (the piece was for Clarinet and tape, with the guitar miked) the guitar didn't "ring". It didn't make any noise at all! The original effect worked acoustically in my room, but not in the larger acoustic space of the performance venue. The PIANO that was on stage DID "ring" however (as long as the pedal was down) and so we miked this instead. The "ring" was now unfortunately not limited to certain notes, but it kind of worked ok.
i won first prize in the competition
but have always been slightly disapointed that this wonderful effect i found in my room was not able to be duplicated in the concert hall
donald
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2007-03-31 14:40
For me, the long B used to make the piano's resonate in my old colleges practice rooms (all four of those rooms!)
US Army Japan Band
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Author: LarryBocaner ★2017
Date: 2007-03-31 14:43
I have a steel column in my studio that resonates (rings) with an in-tune concert E. Comes in very handy to reward my students for playing high F# in tune!
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2007-03-31 15:49
Sit at the piano, depress the loud pedal and play arpeggios. Kool!
Bob Phillips
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Author: pewd
Date: 2007-03-31 16:40
try teaching in a practice room which is also used to store percussion equipment - you'll hear all sorts of strange sounds coming from the snare drums
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-03-31 18:22
A timpani can really sound off, especially if it was left with the pedal down for a real tight head and you play the note that it is tuned to. Eu
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Author: coasten1
Date: 2007-04-05 17:21
I have a metal folding chair in my room and when I play certain pitches, the chair hangs on to the pitch. Of course, I am not sitting in the chair when this happens.
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Author: Tony Beck
Date: 2007-04-05 18:23
If you want an even more annoying effect, practice in a room with a running ceiling fan. It will cause beats as if you are playing a duet out of tune. My violin playing brother-in-law’s practice room also has a fan, and he has had the same experience, so it's not just my room.
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Author: Escsrc
Date: 2007-04-05 19:43
Hanging fan/light fixtures with loose lightbulb. I had three different notes that rattled three different parts of the fixture. Worst part? It was at my _tutor's_ house.
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Author: James
Date: 2007-04-05 22:10
Heh, I've got a few interesting resonance stories to add. While my brother was in college, he discovered that the shower heads all resonated at some octave of Bb. He found this out because he (a bassoon player with no vocal abilities) would always sing in the shower. Also, the other day, we were in our other band room (it's actually the choir room, we just use it for out concert band) and we discovered that all of the chairs resonate at 440 A if you're sitting in them. We had a lot of fun with that.
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Author: EuGeneSee
Date: 2007-04-06 01:39
Wow! I have always wondered where the tuning adjustment is on chairs, and have been impressed by someone that can bring a room full of chairs perfectly in tune better than most concertmeisters can ever do with an orchestra. It must be a guild secret.
I bet your band really sounded good if each member blew a concert A and tuned their instrument to their chair. Eu
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Author: James
Date: 2007-04-06 04:54
Well, it wasn't the whole band, just the clarinet section. The chairs don't actually resonate that well, and the only way to get it to really work is to put the bell right into the chair. It wasn't that interesting to everyone else but we had some fun with it. Our band is doing pretty good this year though. We got striaght 1's (perfect score) at our judged event, and one of the judges actually wrote that if we could master lyrical playing he'd pay to see us perform.
And I just noticed that my ISP is shown as being in Virginia...I live near Cleveland. Cue Twilight Zone music.
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Author: SusanT
Date: 2007-04-06 05:11
I'm really fascinated to read all of these! And glad to hear it isn't unusual.
James: Roadrunner's headquartered in Virginia, I think all the IPs they own locate to there. (I'm a ways south of Cleveland, myself. You can tell vague locations for RR customers based on those first three letters--NEO is Northeast Ohio.)
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Author: Katherine Handcock
Date: 2007-04-07 17:26
If you really want odd, here's a good one for you: low F# on the contrabass clarinet obviously has some strange resonance with my head ;-) Yep, I'm completely serious--whenever I play that note, and only that note, my vision blurs and I can hear it ringing REALLY loudly in my ears! I've gotten used to memorizing a note or two after any F# in the music ;-)
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Author: BobD
Date: 2007-04-09 11:33
My wife's canary will belt out a tune when certain sounds are made.
Bob Draznik
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Author: Tim P
Date: 2007-04-12 16:24
the several mentions of guiters reminded me of a clarinet trail session I once had. a very reputable music store in my area opened a new (only about 2 weeks old) branch office just abut the time i was searching for a clarinet. the very nice and well meaning store attendant lined up some clarinets for me to try. even though he admittely knew little about clarinet , he made every effort to accomadate other ways. he set up a stand and pulled music of the shelf to bring to me.
my practice room was the Guiter showcase room about 20 feet by 20 feet and 50 guiters hung on the wall. i really was unable to evualate anything but it was interesting. I never said anything to him.
they have since solve the problem with several small rooms where they have try outs and give lessons.
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Author: John O'Janpa
Date: 2007-04-12 17:42
Blurred vision on contra low notes must be a common problem. Our Wind Symphony contra player experiences it too.
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