Author: jhoyla
Date: 2008-03-18 07:13
Back to the main topic - that sharp E!
Here's a quote from the Weber/Capps Reed Makers' Manual, p. 94:
> Wild E
>
> If the E at the top of the staff is wild, make the blend more
> concise. Then, if even more stability is needed, increase the
> definition at the back of the heart.
This advice certainly helped me get my E in tune, although I still need to adjust minutely.
In orchestra, we rehearse unison passages (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon) until we are indistinguishable. Identical tuning with the other wind soloists is far more important than getting the green light on the tuner, and different temperaments will have the needle swinging more than 10 cents anyway.
After the performance on Saturday, one of the violinists asked us who was playing the solo passage in the Beethoven 7th Allegretto - she couldn't work out if it was Oboe or Flute (and she couldn't look, since she was playing).
She couldn't have given us a better complement if she'd tried! Go, Floboe!
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