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Author: kjeks
Date: 2012-09-21 22:32
Suppose that you had a setup where you could play every single note perfectly in tune at A=440. If you got a barrel 1mm shorter, could you play every single note perfectly in tune without adjustments in your embouchure?
It seems too easy to be true...
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2012-09-21 23:13
It is too good to be true - you will have to make some adjustments, especially if it makes the throat notes too sharp which is where you'll notice the effect of using different barrel lengths far more compared to notes lower down the instrument.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2012-09-22 14:19
Besides, being in tune is a relative concept.
You are in tune when you play in perfect unison with the rest of the orchestra, whatever their tuning may be.
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Ben
Post Edited (2012-09-22 21:59)
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Author: William
Date: 2012-09-22 15:42
Even if you found a clarinet that played every note perfectly "in tune" on your tuner, you would still have to adjust to others in your ensemble to considered to be "in tune". As a good friend of mine always says, "Good intonation is good cooperation". Not even the great Chicago Symphony Orchestra is always perfectly in tune with itself--everyone has to listen and adjust constantly. My advice, when playing with someone else, forget your tuner and trust your ear.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2012-09-22 20:36
When you change the length of a barrel it doesn't change the pitch of an entire clarinet in proportion. It will always effect the top of the clarinet more than the lower half, for better or for worse. It's making the notes closest to the barrel shorter and therefore sharper more so than it is those furthest away. Obviously if you're always playing flat you need a shorter barrel and visa versa but you always have to make some adjustment. There is no such thing as a perfectly in tune clarinet, only a player that can play well in tune.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2012-09-23 02:51
In short, no way. Even with a perfect barrel all of the notes won't be in tune. So sadly adjustments need to be made when changing barrels from the same company. If you use a different company you will have to adjust to that type of barrel.
Eddie pretty much gave a good description. I will add a bit more info on the subject, which you may already be aware of.
Even with an electronic keyboard when playing a triad, such as a C - E - G, the third "E" will be sharp on the electronic piano. When playing in a group you have to be cognizant of pitch. So in this case you will need to adjust a bit to make the pitch perfectly in tune.
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