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Re: Pitch

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-07-12 10:18

The point is that if it's the instrument's problem - if the E11 itself is causing the pitch variances - practicing won't solve it. Taking it to a skilled repair tech might, but it will not be inexpensive. You can correct small pitch discrepancies with embouchure or internal oral adjustments, but 20 cents flat or sharp is a lot to compensate for, and if you have to do it for too many notes it isn't reasonable. Your ideal goal is to keep as stable an embouchure as possible, and adjusting to widely varying pitch from note to note undermines good technique.

So. once more, if you want to get at the problem you've asked about, you need first to figure out what the problem is. You keep asking for a practice approach, and several suggestions were made early in the thread that could be effective *if your technique is the source of the problem.* If it isn't, then you need to find the source and fix that (or have it fixed by someone who knows what to do about it). Applying a technical solution to a mechanical problem can simply lead to bad habits, which presumably is not your goal.

You really need more experienced ears to help you with this. As in so many other areas, the effectiveness of answers from cyberspace is badly limited by the fact that no one here can hear you or analyze your playing. Your inexperience as a player limits your ability to describe the situation clearly. That isn't your fault. It comes with the territory. But an experienced teacher listening to you in person could help so much more effectively because he or she wouldn't need to rely on your perception but could hear and see your playing for him(her)self.

Karl

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