Klarinet Archive - Posting 000075.txt from 1994/02

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Stan Geidel's very perceptive point
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 12:11:00 -0500

Stan Geidel suggested that vibrato in a musical instrument is also
an attempt to more closely resemble (damn split infinitive) the human
voice. Absolutely right!! And I find this to be the case in gospel
music more than anything. That is, when the religious spirit gets
within a singer and they are carried away, it always seems to me that
their vibrato gets more pronounced, almost as if that by quavering,
a greater degree of sentiment is presented. They tremble with their
voice. And we, with our instruments, attempt to capture as much of
that feeling as we can, though, of course, we are limited in our
ability to mimic the human voice.

How many clarinet players want to "sing" when they play? I think we
all do. But why? Is that by singing we can tremble more?

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
(leeson@-----.edu)
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