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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2026-10-17 14:41
While performing solo, do clarinetists typically adjust the tuning of individual notes to add (or reduce) melodic tension? Might they, perhaps, narrow the width of a leading tone interval, or similarly the interval of a major 3rd to a 4th in an upward scale?
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Author: rmk54
Date: 2026-10-17 17:49
It depends upon the harmonic context.
For example, in a dominant seventh chord, the leading tone is raised rather than lowered (as it would be if it were the third of a major chord).
To answer your question: it depends on the situation. In a run of 32nd notes, probably not. But in a slower context (say, the second movement of Brahms' Symphony No.4), definitely.
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