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Re: Middle A is Sharp

Author: John Peacock
Date: 2017-05-25 19:39

How are you playing the A? Preferably this should be with the resonance fingering o oxx oxx. This will make the note sound better than it does with all fingers off, but it also flattens it. So possibly you should be glad to have a sharp A, as with some combinations (not infrequently involving a Vandoren series 13 mouthpiece), the A is barely at pitch even with all fingers off, and you can't use the resonance fingering - so the note sounds less good, and you lose the advantage of fingers being prepared for going over the break. With my mouthpiece (Selmer C85 120), I find the A on most instruments to be very slightly on the high side even with resonance, which is fine: then you can adjust the hole slightly using bluetac until the tuning is exactly where you want it.

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