My TIP of the Day!
High Schoolers:
When preparing a piece for solo and ensemble, college auditions, or honor band auditions, decipher what key it is in, for example D major. Next, fix your tuner to produce a D.
You can do this by holding down the calibration button (on a Korg) for a second until it produces the tone, then press it up until you get to D.
Play your etude, or piece through with the tonic pitch, D playing the entire time, try to stay within the pitch guidelines of the key signature, this will really open your ears!
Middle Schoolers:
Peg-A-Pitch!
Turn your tuner on, and try to land a trusty B-flat head on (you'll know this has happened when you hit the middle of the tuner and the light is only GREEN (again on a Korg tuner).
Don't be discouraged if this takes some work! That is the point of the exercise, realizing exactly how you need to adjust your air support and embouchure support in order to play in tune.
If you are sharp, first check the opening of your reed... if it is too closed, gently open it by squeezing it gently apart toward the bottom of the reed by the string.
If you are flat, push more air from your diaphragm, really SUPPORT!
Try for 3 B-flats in a row at A=440.
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