Author: WoodwindOz
Date: 2015-02-03 05:57
You are absolutely correct, Mark. My personal issue (and I suspect Susan's as well) is the way it is done and the attitude towards tuning by the conductor.
As an educator, I know you can't teach tuning by telling people they are flat or sharp, or even by specifically targetting notes. You have to teach them about the feel of an 'in tune' note, or how their note fits in the context of a harmony or a melodic line. Otherwise, when the variables change (weather, reeds, a sharper-than-normal flute player, different performance space, etc), they won't be able to make the necessary adjustments.
Conductors SHOULD be fussy about tuning for sure. It takes a great one to know how it should be done so as to be effective.
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