[TPIN] Market pricing/Eb-D intonation

[Ellis Workman]

On Sun, September 2, 2007 7:50 pm, Keith Reynolds said:
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>> I studied with LOUIS DAVIDSON at IU in 68-72.
>> He had utterly no time for the idea that a horn was out
>> of tune. Another quote of his (in lessons) was; "that
>> note was in tune because "I" played it in tune." He
>> seemed to expect little from his horn and much
>> from himself.
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>> Having said that, some horns are worse than others.
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> Yes.  And some are much worse.
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> And some are much better. My Yamaha Chicago Bb and C have unbelievably
> good intonation.
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>    I think it is relatively easy to get a false sense of "in tune" if
> you spend hour after hour training your ear to accept the intonation
> your horn naturally provides.
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> I suspect Mr. Davidson was implying that most notes need to be
> "played" in tune.  I'm sure most of us have had the pleasure of playing
> next to someone who only adjusts the low C# and D and is seemingly
> satisfied with whatever else come out of the bell.

No, he was flat out saying that every note had to
be played in tune, and that there were no excuses
for not doing so.
-Ellis



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> I know because I used to be one of them.  I almost had a heart attack
> the first time I played with a tuning CD. :-)
> Keith Reynolds
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Ellis Workman, ARS KØELW
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Rochester, MN US