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Author: JRC
Date: 2012-01-05 17:43
If the notes are sharper and falter by... say less than 10-15 cents, probably you can compensate for them without really trying. Most affecting conditions from one day to the next, such as reeds, weather, physical condition, and your emotional state counts around 10-15 cents or so altogether. You may want to get use to the instrument if every thing else is to your satisfaction including the price.
If they are more than 15 cents off consistently in one way or another, probably you should go back to the shop and do something about it. It is a good sign that not all the notes in your instrument are consistently sharper or lower. Some instruments are indeed tuned to other than A=440. Pitch of some old instruments do drift up or down from A=440. Probably something to do with shrinkage of wood over the years.
If you are a "biter" (tendency to bite the reed), notes above 2nd octave G tend to play sharper. If you are trained enough not to bite at high notes, you could have trouble with flatness at that range. There seem to be a wide range of fixes for that... different size octave hole, enlarging the bore, fooling with tone holes, doing some special things to reeds, some special breathing technique, special embouchure techniques and such. Some sensitive people go great length and expense to fix the instrument to "perfectly" fit him/her.
Perhaps asking help from your teacher may help. Free advises are usually worth what you pay for.
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Loliver |
2012-01-04 14:00 |
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JRC |
2012-01-04 14:11 |
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Loliver |
2012-01-04 14:35 |
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Ian White |
2012-01-05 07:54 |
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JRC |
2012-01-04 15:11 |
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Chris P |
2012-01-05 08:31 |
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pliscapoivre |
2012-01-05 14:06 |
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Loliver |
2012-01-05 15:49 |
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JRC |
2012-01-05 17:43 |
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