Klarinet Archive - Posting 000188.txt from 1994/02

From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>
Subj: Re: sources of vibrato
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 16:53:33 -0500

On Tue, 15 Feb 1994, Dan Leeson wrote:

> Cary says that the diaphragm, throat, and lip as the sources of vibrato
> are well-documented in the literature and through quantitative
> investigation.
>
> Let me have the citings for a couple of those. I'd like to read them
> and see the kinds of science involved. I'm not trying to set up
> a straw-man to shoot down. I am anxious to learn from intelligently
> done studies.

I'll try to scare up some useful refs. What I've got most clearly in mind
are a number of presentations at musical acoustics conferences (where one
might almost suspect that the real purpose of the presentation was to
demonstrate a snazzy measuring device).

In the meantime you might want to read the chapter on vibrato in just
about any book on "How to Play the Oboe" that you can find. It should
also be pretty easy to find an oboist who uses diaphragm vibrato and ask
him or her to demonstrate it. I remember being asked to stick my hand
into the jiggling belly of an oboe teacher and told to "do it just like
this".