Klarinet Archive - Posting 000755.txt from 1997/08

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: Vibrato.....More stirring of the pot
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:08:39 -0400

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Virginia Scarfino wrote:

> Gee, my teacher said vibrato should be done the same way as on oboe and
> bassoon (i.e. with the diaphragm).

> I've started bassoon, and I hope that when I eventually develop a
> vibrato on it, that I can transfer it to my clarinet playing as well.

Vibrato can be produced in any way the player chooses. What I was trying
to report was what I believe to be the most widely-held concensus about
vibrato when it is applied to the clarinet. It has been my observation
that a great majority of clarinetists who use vibrato produce it by using
movement of the jaw or lip - in other words, primarily a pitch-alteration
rather than an intensity-alteration vibrato.

Ed Lacy
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