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 Re: tuning concert "a" a disaster
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2013-06-06 14:18

Chris P wrote:

> String
> players check their other open strings against each other, so
> why shouldn't us wind players check other notes?
>

Often, I check all four notes that correspond to the violin strings. On my instrument I get a pretty accurate read from E4 (their D string) in combination with the A that's given initially and E5. Of course when a separate Bb is given for woodwinds and brass, this isn't useful, especially if you're tuning an A clarinet. It's one of the reasons I don't like getting a Bb, although I understand that tuning trumpets and trombones to an A is nearly useless.

Still, although I can't really argue against the logic of using notes with shorter tubing as tuning pitches, I can't share Paul's sense of urgency about it. Tuning is an ongoing process that changes with environmental conditions and harmonic and melodic context throughout a rehearsal or performance. In the end intonation doesn't so much depend on where I've tuned my instrument as it does on the pitches of the other instruments I'm playing with at any given time. Being in tune means being in the right pitch relationship to the other instruments in a given texture. It doesn't matter an iota if my open G is in tune with a Korg or my B with an A bar if the other instruments I need to be in tune with are tuned differently. The initial A is simply an attempt to start from some common pitch so everyone is within close enough proximity to being in tune to make adjustments manageable throughout a piece's progress.

Karl
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