[TPIN] pitch tendencies

[Keith Reynolds]

  This is why students take theory and ear-training primarily -
> better ears mean they play better in tune, and the end result should
> definitely _not_ be worrying about where on that rather large chart
> one happens to be at any given point within a piece of music.  IMHO,
> when theory and ear-training courses do what they're supposed to (and
> if the students work, a big "if" in some cases, I realize), playing in
> tune should just happen without much thought at all.
> 
> NB/Disclaimer: This is a subject near and dear to my heart because I
> am a college theory and ear-training teacher.  I taught at Mannes
> College in NYC for about 10 years, took a few years off, and am now
> teaching again at the Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ.  I am
> the first one to find these sorts of charts interesting and the last
> one to suggest that anyone pay attention to them in their playing or
> in their studies except as a curiosity.
> 

This is for a brass class.  I would assume the brass class is populated 
with future music teachers - many of which are not brass majors.  If 
this is the case the charts could be quite valuable.  If you are a 
clarinet major teaching all the band students in your school it would be 
helpful to know which notes are generally out of tune on every trumpet 
in the world.

Additionally, I have played next to far too many trumpet players who 
don't seem to know that their high F's and A's are sharp - and it makes 
my teeth grind.

Clearly, the ultimate solution is to train the ears of each player - but 
that's a process which often takes a few years.
Keith Reynolds