The IU bands that I played in always tuned to the 1st clarinetist, even when we did have oboes on hand.
ajr ---- 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
