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Re: Pitch

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2016-07-10 06:00

An electronic tuner should be set to "slow" response. The "fast" setting tracks changes that are too fast to adjust to.

You should also play without looking at the meter. Let someone else tell you how far out you are.

Generally, tuning to within 10 cents (without embouchure adjustment) is good. Your embouchure and your ear can compensate. 15 or 20 cents is enough out that you should get the instrument (or the mouthpiece) adjusted, and 30 cents out is painful.

However, the "highest and best" use of an electronic tuner is to set it at a particular pitch and tune intervals around it. This teaches you to hear the beats and adjust. That's what you do in an ensemble.

Ken Shaw

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