post pitch-raise creep?

Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Jul 8 11:59:46 MDT 2006


----- Original Message ----- 
> When I was using the Verituner, 12% in the bass was about right, and I did
> the bass last.

I'm pitch raising from A0 to C88, unisons as I go.
 
> 25 - 40% seems quite high for the bass, but it depends on how flat things
> are, and (I'd guess) it also depends on the lever technique. I'd always
> quick "set" the pin, but for times' sake, not like in fine tuning. But if
> you're just smooth pulling up to the overpull pitch and not really setting
> the pin, I'd guess you'd need a higher overpull. The pins would maybe "set"
> around the 10-12% place. ???

I also do some minimal pin setting while doing a pitch raise.

Terry Farrell

> Things I do in the bass when doing an aural pitch raise are tune 4:2
> octaves, or pure or slightly contracted P4s. That gets you in the ball park
> fairly well for a fine tuning.
> 
> Ron N's post makes sense of why things shift around after a pitch
> correction, and explains why it's good to schedule a follow-up fine tuning
> after a pitch correction.
> 
> John Formsma
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