Klarinet Archive - Posting 000624.txt from 1997/08

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Bright and clear
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 00:02:10 -0400

At 01:50 PM 8/14/97 PDT, you wrote:
Although I don't know for sure where the description started, I postulate
it may have been in France. Over there, they use the same word for
"bright" as they do for "clear" (clair, which is why I know about it; my
name means bright or clear). Could the original implication have been more
"clear" than "bright"?
>
If you want clear tone, play a crystal mouthpiece. ;-)

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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.