Author: Pappy
Date: 2009-08-22 13:07
Certainly I would expect that a pianist or guitarist might ask because once tuned, those instruments are generally "in tune". You press the keys or stop the string at the fret and it plays the note in tune. For a violinist I would think it would a different reason for asking. Intonation is, IMO, a whole other animal on a violin/viola/cello/double base. Of course there is getting the open strings in tune, but the struggle to play in tune - with yourself and your peers - on a violin seems much more intense and constant. It is complex to the degree that violinist might easily assume that any wind instruments "tuning" is closer to a piano than to a violin in that once the instrument is tune, just press the button and the note plays in tune. Clarinetists know that isn't the case for a clarinet, but the explanation is often difficult I agree. It does give us something to complain about though, which is important to a musician's bonding experience. :p
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