Klarinet Archive - Posting 000355.txt from 1998/01

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Never underestimate the power of the Darkside
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 17:18:37 -0500

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, NYSAP wrote:

>
>
> It always makes me laugh when people come up to me and
> tell me that my sound is too dark and should have more of that famous
> eeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound. Well then how come when these people record they
> darken their sounds to sound like what I am trying to acheive in live
> performances? It is possible to have a dark projecting sound that is
> centered, focused and has ring with out that annoying EEEEEEEEEE sound.
>

That sounds really scary! Can you desribe the "eeeeeeeeeeee" sound in
more, um, precise terms? Or is that the sound of people screaming as they
flee in horror? Or perhaps it's related to the Reginald Kell bleating
sound?

I don't mean to sound stupid (well, OK, yes I do) but I'm having a hard
time imagining "EEEEEEEEEEEEE" on the little stereo in my head.

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu