Watching yesterday’s sports day, one thing occurred to me. The children’s brass band was playing Sousa marches and the like, but their pitch was not in tune, creating beats between the instruments. With that many beats, even children ought to be able to notice. Would teaching them how to listen for difference tones improve things at least somewhat? Or is that too difficult for elementary school students? No, that cannot be right. Brass bands that enter competitions have their pitch spot-on, and the choir at my daughter’s school is also well prepared.
To those of you who are knowledgeable, what do you think???
Changing the subject, I did a little tuning on the new cimbalom this afternoon. The instrument is still new and seems not to have settled in yet, so the upper register drops quite a bit.
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