Klarinet Archive - Posting 000860.txt from 1997/05

From: Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: "Brightness" (was A clarinet)
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 09:24:46 -0400

Stephen Froehlich wrote (quoting Steve Prescott):

> > I won't bother the list by quoting your email. I found it most
> > amusing. My email was, I'm sure you're aware, an attempt on my part to "get
> > your goat." I agree with you; "bright" is an adjective best left to
> > modifying illumination, not sound.
>
> I thought there was actually a spectral definition of "bright"
> sound. Something along the lines of the odd harmonics?

REALLY?! Let us know, do, if you can actually find it.

> That being said, why do you not like the adjective?

It was actually Dan who doesn't like the adjective. He's posted often
(over the long term) about how, in his experience, it means different
things to different people.

For myself, I was quite happy with what Steve had written: I matched
the adjective with what I know of the sound of the C clarinet (which
was what he was originally complaining about). When I listen to the C
clarinet, it's mostly in my clarinet choir, where it's commonly used
to play oboe parts in arrangements: for this purpose, its <whatever>
quality is actually quite appropriate.

Nevertheless, if _I_ win the lottery, the C clarinet is not on the top
of my list of potential purchases ... ;-)

Robin