Did the church jazz gig this morning. Re-tuned the bass to a higher 442 hz with the piano in the auditorium (vs the practice room). Hmmm. Missed that before and maybe that contributed to a poorer than usual dress rehearsal, but performance was good. Only missed one note (actually it was a rest
). Gave the sound guy my extra 9v for a dead mic (I play a Precision Lyte with active something in it). The basketball sized room sucked power from my GK MB 115 and we had no monitors (a quick slip of a water bottle under the front helped me hear).
Notes... we also set up significantly different to play vs practice. Played stacked, practice spread. I practiced between the drums and piano, played with drums between us. Not a good time to decide to change. Everybody's acoustic 'cept me (18 pieces).
On electric tuners - they work great except ya can't easily retune the piano. Don't know why the chruch has 2 a few rooms apart and they're tuned differently - maybe orchestra vs jazz band prefs. The trumpet soloist said his fluglehorn wasn't short enough to get to 442 hz. (you make wind instruments shorter to pitch higher) but remind your daughters not to ever believe trumpet players.
Have to remember to retune and reset the electronic tuner to 440.
Wikipedia has some interesting discussion on the 440 hz standard.
). Gave the sound guy my extra 9v for a dead mic (I play a Precision Lyte with active something in it). The basketball sized room sucked power from my GK MB 115 and we had no monitors (a quick slip of a water bottle under the front helped me hear).Notes... we also set up significantly different to play vs practice. Played stacked, practice spread. I practiced between the drums and piano, played with drums between us. Not a good time to decide to change. Everybody's acoustic 'cept me (18 pieces).
On electric tuners - they work great except ya can't easily retune the piano. Don't know why the chruch has 2 a few rooms apart and they're tuned differently - maybe orchestra vs jazz band prefs. The trumpet soloist said his fluglehorn wasn't short enough to get to 442 hz. (you make wind instruments shorter to pitch higher) but remind your daughters not to ever believe trumpet players.
Have to remember to retune and reset the electronic tuner to 440.Wikipedia has some interesting discussion on the 440 hz standard.
Th only downside was my uber-talented guitarist f'ed up a couple transitions from verse to chorus. overall a great learning experience! 
