Good thoughts on tuning. I love the contributors to this list. I do want to clarify that I was joking about using the muted trumpet. I was referring to the ubiquitous arranger's technique of cueing the oboe part for muted trumpet. Besides, I doubt the players will arrive early enough to give the tuning note!
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:09 PM, <arabus...@austin.rr.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
