Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Vibrato (Mouthpiece choice & blending with the sax section)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 10:33:06 -0500

>From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>

-->> Sax & clarinet are not the same, but what specific differences
-->> account for difft vibrato generation mechanisms? Style or
-->> technology?
-->
-->Style, mostly. Although, as someone has already pointed out, classical
-->clarinet mouthpiece design is less conducive to lip vibrato than it
-->easily could be. Jazz clarinet mouthpieces, and most saxophone
-->mouthpieces display the requisite characteristics for easier (whatever
-->that means) production of lip vibrato.

I'm going to make the case then that the design of a clarinet
mouthpiece, by discouraging lip vibrato, actually facilitates it.
Using similar motion on a clarinet results in relatively less
vibrato than it would on a sax, which is appropriate. Its still
easy to make way too much vibrato on a clarinet using the lip.

I do own two mouthpieces for my Selmer alto. The Berg Larson
is great for that bigband sound, but it doesn't
blend at all in other settings. A Selmer C* works much better
for me even in a sax quartet.

I never thought about buying a second clarinet mouthpiece. Some
times I end up playing clarinet lead over the saxes and feel
the need to match their vibrato (for a good time, try the
Reed I part to "Li'l Abner"). I"m probably working harder than
I should to do that. A difft mouthpiece might be easier & would
probably blend better with the saxes?
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