Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 1996/03

From: Hollis Carmouche <hollis@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Vibrato?
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 01:01:43 -0500

At 08:57 PM 3/27/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Vibrato is not traditionally taught for the clarinet. I'll go "out on the
>limb" to suggest that the reason it is not taught is that it does not
>sound "pleasing" on the clarinet as compared to the flute or saxophone. I
>recall reading somewhere in a book on clarinet playing that the author
>felt that this might be due to the lack of even partials in the clarinet.
>However, it seems to me that clarinetists do use some vibrato but that it
>is very subte.
> I would enjoy hearing other opinions on this subject!
>
Vibrato is often used in Jazz clarinet playing.

   
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