You make good points. After I hit "send" I remembered that we're using a synth in the group to cover the accordion part. I'll tune to that (not the accordion sound though!)
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, dhbailey < dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com> wrote: > Ryan wrote: > >> If there's no oboe in the orchestra (pit orchestra), what's the next best >> choice to tune to? Muted trumpet? Ha. In all seriousness; Clarinet? Flute? >> According to the League of American Orchestras, The penetrating tone of >> the >> oboe is easy for all players to hear, and its ability to sustain pitch is >> very secure.< >> http://www.americanorchestras.org/utilities/about_the_orchestra.html> >> >> By >> those criteria, I should pick the instrument in the group that is easiest >> to >> hear and is most stable. Of course, the volunteer community musician >> playing >> that instrument has to be capable to sustain the pitch! >> I doubt there's one clear answer, just wondering what you all do in >> similar >> situations. >> > > Many amateur bands use clarinet because the principal clarinetist is more > capable of sustaining the pitch than the oboist. > > Seriously, though, why doesn't everybody have their instrument already > tuned when they unpack it and start warming up? It's not as though > perfectly capable automatic tuners are beyond anybody's financial reach > these days. > > One more thought -- depending on the keyboard you're using, you might need > to use that as the standard as it may be higher or lower than the standard > pitch and so people should tune to that, so make sure that whomever you > select to sound the tuning note for the group to use, have them match their > pitch with the keyboard, if one is being used. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
