[Dixielandjazz] Correct Pitch

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

I also used to learn tunes off of records and yes a tune would be in an odd 
key.  Couple that with a couple of guitar players that hadn't a clue about 
tuning to a correct "E" made life interesting but the up side was that I 
learned to play in odd keys and because I was always trying to hit a moving 
target improved my ear.  The simple thing would have been to tune to my horn 
but I wasn't the leader and these guys just wouldn't.

It amazes me that music that was popular when I was young (50's) often 
sounds so out of tune to me now.  I guess that I wasn't paying attention as 
much as I do now.
Larry
StL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen G Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 8:49 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Correct Pitch


> Back in the 1940s when I would play my clarinet along with records  heard 
> on the radio, there were many occasions where the pitch of those  records 
> was off by a half step or so.
> and as a result, I learned some tunes  by ear in strange keys..
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> Clarinetist and neighbor Hank D'Amico told me  that many of jazz  records 
> were incorrectly pitched and that most jazz tunes were played  in the flat 
> keys, plus C or G.
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> Cheers
> Steve Barbone
> www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband
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