Klarinet Archive - Posting 000104.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser (Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: vibrato (Pino still misguided on this one)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 10:08:10 -0500

This is great, you've explained why a tasteful vibrato is more
difficult to achieve on the clarinet, but that doesn't address
the issue of how well received it is. You've also offered a
plausible explanation as to why variations in mouthpieces might
reduce the importance of vibrato on a single reed instrument.

Still, the fact remains that in many situations it enhances the
sound of a clarinet. For anyone to attempt to 'scientifically;
prove that it doesn't, is vain and stupid. If the quote from
Pino was correct, I still maintain that he was being a bit
dense about the whole issue.

Acoustics and aesthetics are not the same thing.

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1994
-->Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 18:58:00 EST
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-->From: Joshua Proschan <0004839378@-----.COM>

-->Second, the question really is why clarinetists do not share the
-->predominant attitude towards vibrato. I doubt you could get a group of
-->flutists, violinists, ... involved in this sort of discussion. (Or
-->pianists, for reasons that may be relevant :-) Why did clarinetists
-->buck the trend to vibrato?
-->
-->The answer, I think, lies in what Pino was trying to say.
-->
-->-----------------------------------------
-->A brief digression: Dan Leeson writes:
-->
-->> But guys like Jay Heiser and Cary Karp see right through all that fancy,
-->> fancy and go to the heart of the matter at once; which is this, when
-->> you don't have any facts, talk fancy, talk scientific, use terms like
-->> even partials dissapearing into cyberspace, or even better, hyper
-->> glomtronic simulation of pseudo vibratory pulsations. By doing this,
-->> you are sure to get out of town before they find out there are no
-->> bullets in your gun. Such knowledge is valuable indeed.
-->>
-->> Thanks Jay and Cary for helping me to realize that I am not nearly as
-->> stupid as I thought I was after reading David Pino's comments on
-->> vibrato.
-->>
-->Sorry Dan, you were right the first time. I couldn't locate my copy
-->of Pino and will not comment on the accuracy or clarity of his

-->Joshua H. Proschan Internet: jproschan@-----.com
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