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Author: Chris P
Date: 2021-01-20 01:58
"Intonation : you can pitch your "B clarion" A 440 with a long barrel, but most of the notes are more or less in tune, but nothing really impossible to correct."
That note is employing the entire length of the instrument and furthest away from the mouthpiece so it won't be affected as much by the length of barrel or where the barrel is pulled out compared to any note employing a shorter length of tubing as those notes are affected far more by barrel length or placement on the top tenon.
Too many players I know 'tune' to that note and that note only, but you need to check other notes in other registers and especially ones employing left hand fingerings to be sure the instrument is in tune with itself.
Rather than tuning to just the B (Concert A), I prefer to tune to a Concert D minor chord (E minor on Bb clarinet) as that employs both low E and upper B as well as all the chord tones in between and upwards within a three 8ve range. There's no real need to go any higher than altissimo E unless you want to annoy the trumpets.
And it's much easier to flatten a sharp note than to sharpen a flat note.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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