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Re: tuning concert "a" a disaster

Author: Chris P
Date: 2013-06-06 13:23

Throat notes are variable in pitch on all clarinets and don't provide a solid foundation for a tuning note - you're best listening to the tuning note given and then play that note first and then other notes in the chord of Concert D minor (E minor on Bb clarinet) if a Concert A is given (or Concert Bb Major if a Bb tuning note is given) up and down the instrument instead of tuning to the one note to be sure your clarinet is in tune over the entire register.

I've been told off for doing this by a conductor which isn't really fair as you can't tune to the upper register B only (which is the most stable note) - they said "Just tune to the ONE note!". You have to check the intonation of the whole instrument whenever tuning, not just the one note. String players check their other open strings against each other, so why shouldn't us wind players check other notes?

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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