Klarinet Archive - Posting 000007.txt from 1997/05

From: Lord Rob <rteitelbaum@-----.EDU>
Subj: RE: Air : amount,speed,presure etc.
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 14:16:01 -0400

Technically speaking, the amount of air makes the difference between
pp and ff. But the speed and temperature of the air is the difference
between quality sound and sub-par sound. Of course, either too much
air or too fast of an airspeed can be the thing that puts you "over the
top" into Squeakland. (I don't think air temperature is nearly as big a
factor on clarinet as on brass instruments, though, or if it is, maybe I'm
just not cognizant of it.)

Rob Teitelbaum
Claremont McKenna College