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Albrecht Hügli
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How can it be explained that the natural fifth of an euphonium is not in the “natural fifth pitch?

I practice with 3 different Euphoniums, a brass-instrument like a small tuba. One of them - a Yamaha training instrument with 4 valves in a row - has a bad intonation at the natural fifth (upper G) actually the f ... which can hardly be compensated by lip tension or embouchure. I have no idea what could be the reason of this phenomenon as this tone is part of the overtone serie.

Albrecht Hügli
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