Klarinet Archive - Posting 001116.txt from 1998/04

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: What is a "darker" clarinet tone?
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:23:53 -0400

Roger Garrett wrote:
>
> Gene asked quite a question.
>
> Defining a "dark" tone.....hmmmm.......that would be like defining Blue or
> Red to a blind person!

There have been a few studies that correlate the percieved
"lightness" and "darkness" of tone to a characteristic
cut-off frequency. This is topic that comes up regularly.
You can search the Klarinet Archives via
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Databases/KlarinetForm.html.
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