Klarinet Archive - Posting 000371.txt from 1994/10

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Dark sound
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 19:29:51 -0400

To Chris Costillo and all those who have posted on the subject of how to
get a dark sound, be aware that we thrased this topic almost to death about
6 months ago. If you know how to search the KLARINET data base using
key words, you might find some of the postings interesting and provocotive.

I will give you one example: I read a doctoral dissertation having to do
with an experiment that the candidate worked up. He got 10 clarinet players
and asked them to play with the darkest sound that they could get. Then
he told a group of listeners, that these players were going to avoid even
a hint of a dark sound; i.e., the sound would be as bright as they were able
to make it. Then he called the players out one at a time, allowed them to
play and got the audience reaction after it was over.

Then, he did the same thing in reverse. He told 10 players to be as bright
in their sounds as they could make it while, at the same time, telling the
audience that the sound was going to be with a very dark production. And
he once again carefully noted the audience reaction.

Then his did it two more times: once with both the players and the audience
being told that the sound was bright, and once with both told that the
sound was dark.

Finally, he repeated the entire experiment at a number of schools. The
bottom line was that the audience thought the sound was dark when they
were told that it was dark, and bright when they were told it was bright.

You should make yourself knowledgeable of that entire fascinating discussion.

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