Klarinet Archive - Posting 000062.txt from 1994/11

From: Kerry Roebuck <roeb7610@-----.CA>
Subj: Practicing at night
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 15:20:11 -0500

Mr. Bogers,

The answer to your question is yes. Yahama designed an electronic
clarinet that plays with a reed, with buttons for keys. The instrument
is connected to an FM generator that produces any sound you choose.

However, I must say that the purpose for practice is develope technique,
tone, and to work on phrasing, breathing, etc. I think that only the
technique applies to the electronic clarinet. I don't think (I have not
actually played one) that the air pressure and resistance are the same as
on a real instrument.

My solution is, either sound proof a room in your apartment, or go
somewhere else to practice.

Kerry Roebuck
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
884-1970 ext.2152

Meetings are indispensible when you don't want to do something.
-John Kenneth Galbraith