Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser (Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Vibrato
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 18:59:55 -0500

-->Finger vibrato is not some odd-ball technique. It's one of the primary
-->expressive devices used in all sorts of bagpipe traditions (where wind
-->vibrato is pretty much impossible) including the Western classical one.
-->It's influence on present-day wind traditions cannot be underestimated.
-->If you want to hear what it sounds like, listen to a contemporary Irish
-->piper. There are plenty of them knocking about. Liam O'Flynn is one of my
-->favorites.

I should know this, having spent 4 yrs in a Scottish Military style band
at the College of Wooster (yes I did, and no, I won't tell you what is
worn underneath).

Is this more common with uelian pipes than highland pipes? Ooliaan?
(Irish pipes, however you spell them)

-->
-->My comment about the keywork on the modern clarinet being a lesser
-->impediment to the technique than, say, the keywork on a modern flute
-->would be, was ill considered. The technique is not viable on the modern
-->clarinet.
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