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Super Annoyiing sharp tune

Author: paul215
Date: 2014-05-08 00:38

Hi,

I have Yamaha Allegro Clarinet, and no matter how much I pull out barrel and middle part, they are out of tune.(mostly sharp)

my barrel it sounds sharp. It gets a bit better if I strengthen my embouchure but it still is unbearably sharp when I play concert F,G, A, B, and C#.

What should I do?

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Re: Super Annoyiing sharp tune

Author: JamesOrlandoGarcia
Date: 2014-05-08 00:47

Maybe you should go with a vandoren 13 series mouthpiece. It lowers the pitch a bit.

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Re: Super Annoyiing sharp tune

Author: BbMajorBoy
Date: 2014-05-08 00:57

Did you buy the clarinet new? I bought a used E13 a while ago and the bore had expanded so that stunning around the throat was disgusting, it also threw the 12ths out. Play with a tuner to see how bad it actually it. Also try some of the specialist buffet barrels designed to correct this (reverse tapers, conical).

Leonard Bernstein: "To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."

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Re: Super Annoyiing sharp tune

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-05-08 05:17

Sure you have the right barrel? Barrels for standard French clarinet should be between 65 millimeters long (on the short side) to 67 millimeters long (on the long side). If you have something shorter than 65mm, that could be the problem.

............Paul Aviles

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