So true. I recall years ago, playing a mandolino in the double Vovaldi concerto, with a modern chamber orchestra. The concertmaster gave a true a=440 to tune all the string players, but most of the string players tuned sharper than that, and they were around 443. I recall in rehearsals stopping, and inquiring why they did that. They responded that many of the individual violinists tuned sharp, "so I can hear myself", and they found that it was easier for them to play that way.
I stopped to have them re-tune to a = 440. I found this frustrating. I ended tuning my mandolino sharper to match their pitch, and the violinists in turn tuned sharper yet. We just could not agree. There was a small portative organ playing continuo, and it was flat to the group. ed At 04:39 PM 1/6/2012, [email protected] wrote: > Even today some orchestras tune to 442 -444, to take advantage of > this effect. Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
