[quote] ---------------- On 2/15/2004 12:45:54 PM OK a question
from a novice Re tuners: So how much control over the note do you actually
have?? You lift you finger from the key and you get the note--??? How can you
make it flatter or sharper?? The way you discuss this, this does not seem to be
a matter of tuning the instrument but rather the player? ----------------
[/quote] You asked this and no one seemed to answer, so I will [;)] You are
right, it is the player... it's how the player is blowing. If you don't put
enough air through the flute, the note could become flat, regardless of the
fingering. If you blow really hard, the note could become sharp, again,
regardless of the fingering. It's a very delicate process, putting the right
amount of air in the flute for low notes and high notes and keeping them all in
tune. Personally, I use a tuner sometimes to make sure my higher notes,
especially high E and and high F# and other fun notes like that, are doing
well... having played for about 10.5 months, I can already figure out if my
notes are in tune for the most part, but I like having a tuner to check
myself.
Tuners
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Tuners
[quote] ---------------- On 2/29/2004 2:02:27 PM [quote]
---------------- On 2/15/2004 12:45:54 PM OK a question from a novice Re tuners:
So how much control over the note do you actually have?? You lift you finger
from the key and you get the note--??? How can you make it flatter or sharper??
The way you discuss this, this does not seem to be a matter of tuning the
instrument but rather the player? ---------------- [/quote] You are right, it is
the player... it's how the player is blowing. If you don't put enough air
through the flute, the note could become flat, regardless of the fingering. If
you blow really hard, the note could become sharp, again, regardless of the
fingering. It's a very delicate process, putting the right amount of air in the
flute for low notes and high notes and keeping them all in tune.
---------------- [/quote] Arrghhhh I was afaid it was not something simple- like
adjusting the position of the head joint. [:((] Thanks.
---------------- On 2/15/2004 12:45:54 PM OK a question from a novice Re tuners:
So how much control over the note do you actually have?? You lift you finger
from the key and you get the note--??? How can you make it flatter or sharper??
The way you discuss this, this does not seem to be a matter of tuning the
instrument but rather the player? ---------------- [/quote] You are right, it is
the player... it's how the player is blowing. If you don't put enough air
through the flute, the note could become flat, regardless of the fingering. If
you blow really hard, the note could become sharp, again, regardless of the
fingering. It's a very delicate process, putting the right amount of air in the
flute for low notes and high notes and keeping them all in tune.
---------------- [/quote] Arrghhhh I was afaid it was not something simple- like
adjusting the position of the head joint. [:((] Thanks.
Tuners
[quote] ---------------- On 2/29/2004 4:06:55 PM Arrghhhh I was
afaid it was not something simple- like adjusting the position of the head
joint. [:((] Thanks. ---------------- [/quote] Actually, that's part of it, too
[;)] Also affecting are things like temperature of the flute and room and the
angle at which you're holding the flute. I'm sure someone on here knows even
more ways, too [:)]
afaid it was not something simple- like adjusting the position of the head
joint. [:((] Thanks. ---------------- [/quote] Actually, that's part of it, too
[;)] Also affecting are things like temperature of the flute and room and the
angle at which you're holding the flute. I'm sure someone on here knows even
more ways, too [:)]
"When
in doubt, trill." -John Phillip Sousa "Being strong and silent only gets you so
far... it''s the things you don''t say you regret the most."
-Ericsson
in doubt, trill." -John Phillip Sousa "Being strong and silent only gets you so
far... it''s the things you don''t say you regret the most."
-Ericsson