Klarinet Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 1993/12

From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>
Subj: Re: Clarinet sound
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1993 13:43:03 -0500

On Wed, 1 Dec 1993, Dr. Ronald P. Monsen wrote:

> A bit more--does a singer sing Brahms, Debussy and Stravisnsky with the same
> "sound"? If we aspire to imitate the human voice what do we do about this?

Considering the ease with which rank beginners can produce a huge variety
of different sounds, I've often wondered why seasoned pros seem to have so
much difficulty doing anything other than imposing one single sound on
every conceivable type of music.