![]() ![]() ![]() Of course that assumes the instrument is properly and professionally built.īut my old man advice is that if you are not hearing the note accurately, blaming the horn and your technique is an alibi, not a solution. They (or me) had the slide position marginally off from the correct overtone.įor myself and all my various instruments, the fundamental, 1st overtone (2nd partial), 3rd overtone (4th partial), 7th overtone (8th partial) lock in with no problem unless I screw around with the slide and/or the embouchure. ![]() When they (and I) heard the note correctly, it was easier to produce the correct pitch.unless. Usually they were thinking the note sharper than it was, sometimes flatter. What I observed from them was that the note they were looking for in their mind was not in tune with the octaves below. Sometimes I would play these etudes in different keys (up a step, a third, a fourth, etc.), sometimes I would sing them, sometimes record myself and check my intonation.ĭuring all of those years, I had many private students, maybe a thousand. But I played them in 3 different octaves-low (sometimes very low), middle, and high. This was before digital tuners, to train my ear I used etudes like the Bordognis, and various exercises (Remington, Stamp, and others). It is called "practice" and "ear-training". Why is it fixed? I needed to fix me (now, the uproarious comments about being "fixed"). For the past 45 years no problem at all on Bach, Conn, King, and Shires. 50 years ago in college I had trouble with that note and the Gb below it (on bass trombone). ![]()
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