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Re: Tuning E and Eb was: New Soprano Cornet

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Subject: Re: Tuning E and Eb was: New Soprano Cornet
From: Dafydd y garreg wen <mavnw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 11:51:32 +0000 (GMT)
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, HARRIS, Colin wrote:

> Martin,
> 
> E and Eb fingered open and 1st are always dodgy on Eb instruments - the same
> applies for Horn and Bass.  The first bad habit I got out of when learning
> bass was to stop fingering E's open, and to use 1&2 instead.  Maybe some
> genius knows why this problem exists on Eb instruments, but not Bb?

Perhaps it's just that the Bb players are good enough to cope with it!

> 
> Also, top G is a very flat note on my sovereign Eb Bass. Is this just me, or
> have other people found this a bugger of a note to tune? (we need it to put
> in the Bass Trombone queues for annoyance value!)

Flat?! It really shouldn't be, unless there's something wrong with either
the instrument or the way you blow. Actually, it's probably a flaw in the
positioning of the bends in the tube in the design of Besson basses - if
a node (or is it an antinode - I can never remember) is right on a bend,
I imagine that that would affect the tuning. Possibly the same explanation
would work for the Es and Ebs above. Blown perfectly straight, the high G
should be slightly sharp, although many instruments (Sovereign Euphs are
notedly bad) exaggerate this hugely.

Dave Taylor

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References:
- Tuning E and Eb was: New Soprano Cornet
  - From: HARRIS, Colin

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