I think in colder weather the strings on the instruments that burn easier contract and actually go sharp, compounding the problem that the brasses go flat. Is this really the case? In a message dated 4/23/2011 9:01:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Bravo Steve, the only thoughtful answer: Listening to the others & adjust. Bravo again ! If strings go up during concert, follow up; if the "a" is lower the other day (at the beginning), tune according to that "a"; we are not the principal voice in the orchestra (symphonic or wind) and we are with the supportive crowd even doing some solo sometimes if lucky or unlucky. So we have to support, even we might think we would be right with our tuning. The ensemble counts not the single player. It is a team work nothing else, but very enjoyable. Anything egotistic is wrong. Temperature in the hall might be a single issue influencing different instruments differently. But we have to come to a common point. Nobody in the audience would ever care, if our instrument with a said alloy is more sensitive to temperatures than other instruments. They expect to listen to fine music, played in tune by all members of the ensemble. If some members will not subordinate themselves to the leader, they are wrong - or should be sent to the medic or to strong ear training. And, my dear friends, who has the time during performance, to think about mathematical calculations about pitch etc. >From this lengthy discussion, I have learned, that there is a large deficit on ear training, as so many relay themselves on math calculations instead on their ears. It is an age question also, as ears & hearing sense gets some deficits after the years. And conductors tend to hear things, which they read or not, but often not real things. So trust the given "a" sharp, correct or flat & adjust your tuning. ############################################################################ ##################### Am 23.04.2011 um 00:33 schrieb Steven Mumford: > > > Maybe I'm just being dense here, but it seems to me that pretty much all oboe players have a box on the stand so you can kind of assume the initial A is going to be about the same every day (I'm choosing to be optimistic here). So anyway, no need to really stress out too much about it. If you tuned yesterday and last week, you're probably in the ball park. As things progress, you can always adjust a bit if needed. I always thought I got a better feel for the pitch also too (Sarah) if I played a few different notes against the A, again just to get a feel for the ballpark. > If the pitch is impossible to find, just play louder. > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/weshatch%40aol.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
