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Re: An intonation question

Author: Wisco99
Date: 2015-04-09 16:50

Consider this for a moment, even if your clarinet always played perfectly in tune no matter what kind of reed or embouchure you had, you still have to play in tune with the other clarinets, flutes, oboe, especially if you are in unison with them. Since each of the other instruments has its own inherent intonation problems, you may begin to see the problem. Just playing in tune with a flute, you probably do not realize that modern flutes are mostly built to A=442, and each manufacturer uses their own scale based on 2 types of modern scales. Older flutes use an entirely different scale and were usually built to A=440 and were wildly out of tune with themselves. Somehow you have to mesh with the musicians you are playing with, and that is where your ear and listening comes into play. Hopefully you are adjusting to them or they are adjusting to you or both....you get the idea. Many movie soundtracks use sampled instruments which are computer driven and are perfectly in tune but somehow do not sound right. One thing I learned long ago with mouthpieces is I do not want anything that is perfect. Somehow a bit of imperfection is a good thing, it keeps it human sounding. If any of you can walk on water then none of this applies.

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