I’m so glad I found this video. I have this app and it drives me crazy. I just got a new reed that is harder than I’m used to. Working on pitch, my sound wasn’t good. Today I will work on my tone and not my intonation as much. Intonation can be infuriating. Thank you.
Intonation is one of my biggest challenges! But that is a good idea to spend some time working on tone then build the flexibility and ear training and the pitch will come.
Great video and info. Thanks! You've eased my anxiety about the tuner. I'm one of those people who always looks at it worrying whether or not I'll get the smiley face.
Just started playing clarinet again after playing oboe thru college. Found your videos and really appreciate the totally complete and practical insights you give (with actual playing your clarinet). I'm definitely getting the TE app to "play" with to re-train my ear etc.
Interesting video. I am making this experience of flexibility by tuning my new hammered dulcimer. The new instrument for a while needed to be tuned daily -- 67 tones. Most of the tones are in courses which means 2 strings for 1 tone. To get this sound good is not so easy. I use the tonal energy tuner, too and this is really good. But if I followed totally the smiley information on the tuner this would result in pain for my ears... As a precise tool for orientation this tuner is great.
O that sounds tricky! One thing that came to mind reading your comment is to double check the equal vs. just temperament on the tuner. There is a setting at the top left of the tuner screen about that. I think this article will explain it more: www.tonalenergy.com/tet-user-guide-ios#targettemperament I am definitely not a hammered dulcimer expert, but I imagine you should be alright with aiming for the smiley face on each note if it is on equal temperament.
Love using the waveform /pitch analysis on TE Tuner to try and not only stay in tune but the consistent quality part of my long tones practice, Also the drone and matching my playing when it is obvious wobble to the ear without looking on the screen if you know what i am trying to say.
Glad it was helpful! Also, thanks for watching and commenting on so many of my videos! Let me know if there are ever any topics that I haven't covered that you would like to see a video on.
@@QuickStartClarinet Yes, I am wanting to be able to play duets with myself and have been looking into the piezo barrel pickups. I already have the setup for my guitars with a looper pedal into my modeling amp. Do you have any suggestions or experience with doing this? Thanks, Julie
I don't personally, but I know for sure it is possible! However, a cheaper solution might be to just use something like Audacity to record one part and then play with it. This of course isn't as real time as a looper pedal, but might be just as good if you are planning to just do a duet.
@@QuickStartClarinet excellent idea, I will look into it further. Still think playing with the modeling amp and changing up the voice of the clarinet sounds like fun too! Thank you!
Yes definitely! Check out Christopher Mothersole @StompboxClarinetist, if you haven't heard of him for some really great clarinet and electronics stuff!
Good question! It is all about voicing and embouchure pressure. This video would be helpful for experimenting with that: th-cam.com/video/wXVwSkS092I/w-d-xo.html
You definitely can! I’m just more comfortable transposing to clarinet pitch rather than to concert pitch so if I am working with concert pitches in a score or other instruments this is easier for me personally, but it doesn’t matter too much either way.
i'm not sure if using a tuner is helpful at all. i'd like to point out that when you used the phrase "in tune" in the first part of the video, i would translate that to "playing notes in equal temperament at A=440." playing notes in equal temperament at A=440 is unequivocally NOT in tune. get rid of the tuner and try to accomplish "just tuning" in context with the key you're playing in and also within the chordal/harmonic structure you're playing in. for example, if you're playing the major third in a C Major chord, that "E natural" will be a different tone as to when you're playing that "E natural" in a C# minor chord. choristers and string players seem to do pretty well at this without practicing with tuners. i'm not sure why clarinetists are so "married to" the tuner. i know it's a hard instrument to maintain a constant pitch on (especially since they rarely use vibrato), but after years of hearing out of tune clarinetists, i'm not sure all of those decades of practicing with a tuner has really done them any good. anyway, just my two cents.
Absolutely! My favorite is a quote from Percy Grainger in his note to Bandleaders in the back of the Lincolnshire Posy score I have where he is talking about the soprano saxophone being "the loveliest of the whole saxophone family", and that the argument against it is that it is so rarely in tune and he says, "but are the Bb clarinets ever heard in tune, in the band? Never by me." 🤣
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I’m so glad I found this video. I have this app and it drives me crazy. I just got a new reed that is harder than I’m used to. Working on pitch, my sound wasn’t good. Today I will work on my tone and not my intonation as much. Intonation can be infuriating. Thank you.
Intonation is one of my biggest challenges! But that is a good idea to spend some time working on tone then build the flexibility and ear training and the pitch will come.
Great video and info. Thanks! You've eased my anxiety about the tuner. I'm one of those people who always looks at it worrying whether or not I'll get the smiley face.
Thanks! It can be so tempting to do that!
Just started playing clarinet again after playing oboe thru college. Found your videos and really appreciate the totally complete and practical insights you give (with actual playing your clarinet). I'm definitely getting the TE app to "play" with to re-train my ear etc.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Tonal Energy is great! Good luck getting back into clarinet!
Interesting video. I am making this experience of flexibility by tuning my new hammered dulcimer. The new instrument for a while needed to be tuned daily -- 67 tones. Most of the tones are in courses which means 2 strings for 1 tone. To get this sound good is not so easy. I use the tonal energy tuner, too and this is really good. But if I followed totally the smiley information on the tuner this would result in pain for my ears... As a precise tool for orientation this tuner is great.
O that sounds tricky! One thing that came to mind reading your comment is to double check the equal vs. just temperament on the tuner. There is a setting at the top left of the tuner screen about that. I think this article will explain it more: www.tonalenergy.com/tet-user-guide-ios#targettemperament
I am definitely not a hammered dulcimer expert, but I imagine you should be alright with aiming for the smiley face on each note if it is on equal temperament.
Love using the waveform /pitch analysis on TE Tuner to try and not only stay in tune but the consistent quality part of my long tones practice, Also the drone and matching my playing when it is obvious wobble to the ear without looking on the screen if you know what i am trying to say.
Yes! There are so many useful features of the app!
Thanks
Nice hair bro! 💂🏼
What is this app called?
Tonal Energy. It is a few dollars, but extremely powerful!
Helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Also, thanks for watching and commenting on so many of my videos! Let me know if there are ever any topics that I haven't covered that you would like to see a video on.
@@QuickStartClarinet Yes, I am wanting to be able to play duets with myself and have been looking into the piezo barrel pickups. I already have the setup for my guitars with a looper pedal into my modeling amp. Do you have any suggestions or experience with doing this? Thanks, Julie
I don't personally, but I know for sure it is possible! However, a cheaper solution might be to just use something like Audacity to record one part and then play with it. This of course isn't as real time as a looper pedal, but might be just as good if you are planning to just do a duet.
@@QuickStartClarinet excellent idea, I will look into it further. Still think playing with the modeling amp and changing up the voice of the clarinet sounds like fun too! Thank you!
Yes definitely! Check out Christopher Mothersole @StompboxClarinetist, if you haven't heard of him for some really great clarinet and electronics stuff!
how do you change and control the pitch?
Good question! It is all about voicing and embouchure pressure. This video would be helpful for experimenting with that: th-cam.com/video/wXVwSkS092I/w-d-xo.html
Why not set transpose to Bb? Thanks 🙏
You definitely can! I’m just more comfortable transposing to clarinet pitch rather than to concert pitch so if I am working with concert pitches in a score or other instruments this is easier for me personally, but it doesn’t matter too much either way.
i'm not sure if using a tuner is helpful at all. i'd like to point out that when you used the phrase "in tune" in the first part of the video, i would translate that to "playing notes in equal temperament at A=440." playing notes in equal temperament at A=440 is unequivocally NOT in tune. get rid of the tuner and try to accomplish "just tuning" in context with the key you're playing in and also within the chordal/harmonic structure you're playing in.
for example, if you're playing the major third in a C Major chord, that "E natural" will be a different tone as to when you're playing that "E natural" in a C# minor chord. choristers and string players seem to do pretty well at this without practicing with tuners. i'm not sure why clarinetists are so "married to" the tuner. i know it's a hard instrument to maintain a constant pitch on (especially since they rarely use vibrato), but after years of hearing out of tune clarinetists, i'm not sure all of those decades of practicing with a tuner has really done them any good. anyway, just my two cents.
Absolutely! My favorite is a quote from Percy Grainger in his note to Bandleaders in the back of the Lincolnshire Posy score I have where he is talking about the soprano saxophone being "the loveliest of the whole saxophone family", and that the argument against it is that it is so rarely in tune and he says, "but are the Bb clarinets ever heard in tune, in the band? Never by me." 🤣
@@QuickStartClarinet Like!
Playing with a drone is more useful.
I agree! 11:27
So many words to say so little.
Ya, I tend to be a little long winded.
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Must be nice being immune to irony.@@brackguthrie9470