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Re: Intonation -- What Constitues Being In Tune?

Author: JRC
Date: 2015-02-03 07:08

I think you are asking or pondering about what the "right" pitch is. I do not believe there is a simple answer to this dilemma. The right pitch measured by a tuner (or in equal temperament system of tuning) is a safe way to do things. If everyone does this in an ensemble, the harmony and melody do not necessarily feel natural (or warm) but it is a sure way to be clean and well defended way to do this thing. However, our perception are tuned naturally. We feel more comfortable to sing in a natural scale and feel warmer listening to harmonic progression with natural tuning pitches. As you can see that a well tuned piano is incapable of doing this. Like they say... a tone deaf can play a piano well but not oboe.

I am most sensitive to tuning when I practice long notes, which I start every practice session with. I noticed that I produce the same note in slightly different pitch in different key. It appears that I feel more comfortable in a little higher, a little lower, or at tuner exact pitches depending on the key I am in. The effect seems more pronounce when I play a slower schmaltzy phrase (an Irish folk theme for instance), especially in minor keys. I am sure this idea will not be compatible with atonal music, which is based on equal temperament system of scale.

Perhaps, your director is looking for that natural sound.

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