Author: m1964
Date: 2019-08-20 07:36
kdk wrote:
> It will be interesting to find out if the Chadash tunes
> differently.
>
> Karl
Good evening Karl,
Tried the clarinet with Chadash barrel and found it to tune almost (if not exactly) the same as the original barrel- if the open G was -15c with Buffet barrel, it was the same with Chadash barrel. I liked the sound of the Buffet barrel better than Chadash.
However, there is something else going on, with me I guess.
After playing the A clarinet , I took my Bb and checked tuning- it was a bit below 440 at first, and, after it warmed up, it was almost exactly in tune (well, except for the few notes that were not in tune in the first place). I do not think it was so low before.
There could be 2-3 reasons for the above:
1. I recently started changing the way I play. I changed the angle of the clarinet/MP, I am also trying to change the way I tongue because I was hitting the reed too low with the top of the tongue, not the tip of the tongue. Always had slow staccato, I think because of the way I played.
2. I started pulling the cheeks down more and I am trying to form stronger tension in the corners of the mouth.
3. I always had a problem with my low back that exacerbated three weeks ago. For the last three weeks, I have been taking painkillers and muscle relaxant medications that I have never taken before developing the problem.
I suspect that either one or all the above combined may cause the tuning to be low.
I am getting ready to have a surgery to correct my medical problem.
I hope that I will be able to start practicing soon after the procedure.
I will report on this forum if I am able to solve the low tuning issue.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my posts.
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