Klarinet Archive - Posting 000450.txt from 1998/02

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Throat tones, again.
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 13:52:34 -0500

I was hoping to see some scholarly and learned discussion about this topic,
because I have a similar problem. My throat Bb is thin and raspy, with the
sound of air escaping. I've been through two different instruments, three
mouthpieces and a gaggle of reeds (what are a group of reeds called,
anyway? A thicket?), with little change in the tone quality. I am pleased
with the "richness" of my sound over the rest of the range, but that Bb
makes me cringe.

Now, I have previously admitted to being an idiot on this list, and it is
likely the two situations are related. And, it's only the
register-and-A-key Bb which is raspy; the A-key-plus-third-trill-key
combination has a much more pleasing tone, but it is annoyingly flat.

Is this a common problem?

Matthew A. Cullen wrote:
>...it seems that my section
>( and myself) have a problem with the tone quality of the Throat tones (
>especially Bb, and A), not so much as the intonation...
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- Tim Roberts
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
timr@-----.com