Yes, any wind, string or brass instrument can be played out of tune, even the oboe. Clyde Ron Nossaman wrote: > (snip) ...tuning the > instrument for the ear training does require a pitch source and, I would > imagine, a closely defined interval series. How does that work with a > violin? And a french horn isn't exactly a fixed pitch instrument either, or > is it? Can't the pitch of any single note played be altered somewhat by > playing technique? That was my point, as well as just being a nuisance. For > pitch recognition, shouldn't the pitches presented be as close to absolute > as possible?
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