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Re: Question about keeping EH in tune

Author: Jaysne
Date: 2024-10-27 19:40

Mike, thanks for your observations. I am also a person who likes positive results no matter how you get them. I was once on a flute discussion board and a woman was asking if it would be okay to use harmonic fingerings rather than the "correct" fingerings in a difficult high passage. I pointed out that the harmonic fingerings are there for a reason--to make difficult passages easier--and there's no reason to think she had to use the real fingerings. (At the same time, others were posting that she needed to use the real fingerings, just start slow and gradually increase the tempo with a metronome.) I also said that playing a musical instrument is hard enough--why make it harder than it has to be?

Anyway, I have always been told that unlike single-reed instruments, one does not pull out or push in to tune up; rather, you adjust with your oral cavity and/or embouchure. In this case, it seems like I can get away with pulling out to make the reed work; the notes are in tune and the tone quality remains good. The "well" that oboi speaks of was what was concerning me. Based on what I know about physics, having that additional area between the end of the receiver and the end of the bocal should lessen the strength of the sound going into the bore and result in a weaker tone. But I'm not finding that.

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