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Re: intonation adjustment

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2009-05-11 18:54

I'm fortunate to be able to play with musicians who are much, much better than me (Yes, I try their patience!). With them and with my teacher, there are times when I don't have an intonation care in the world. Before I can notice that I'm out of tune, they have already adjusted to cover me.

That is not very helpful to my musical development --but it does make out-of-tune conditions rare enough to be quite noticeable.

I have almost learned the vagaries of my clarinet's scale and know which notes have to be helped along.

I should mention, too, that I'm often the only person on my part --so I don't have to worry about other clarinetists being off in lala land someplace where there is NO way I alone can fix things.

Bob Phillips

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