Klarinet Archive - Posting 000872.txt from 1997/05

From: Jrykorten@-----.com
Subj: RE: Describing the Sound
Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 10:51:30 -0400

In the interest of calibrating our vocabulary, how about we try describing a
particular sound?

I understand Leeson's apprehension about using words such as "dark" or
"bright" that seem to be preloaded with subjective meaning (dark@-----.

I also have heard a sound recently that I would describe as bright. Or rich
in overtones. A non American sound that I find particularly interesting and
enjoyable. This is a recording on CPO 000 302-2 by the ensembe incanto of
Hindemith's Clarinet chamber music. The clarinettist is Ralph Manno (German).

How do other people describe his sound?

Jerry Korten
NYC