Klarinet Archive - Posting 000706.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vibrato on bass
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 18:25:44 -0400

From: CoolStu67@-----.com>

>When I first started taking my bass clarinet to my sax lessons, I had a
habit
>to always use vibrato on the bass, since I use it often on the sax. A
couple
>times after I did this, my teacher said "please no vibrato on the bass...
>vibrato is never never used on clarinet and any professional would laugh at
>you if you did". Is this true? I have never heard a clarinet recording and
at
>school we don't work on stuff like that, so I wouldn't know.

Well, _never_ is too strong a word; it is used by some artists for
particular works. If, when, and where to use vibrato is a subject apt to
bring strong responses from a multitude of people.

I have 2 articles on vibrato and its use on sneezy:
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Friedland/Article008.html - Vibrato by
Sherman Friedland and
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Study/Vibrato.html - Vibrato and the Physics
of Clarinet, articles by Connie Josias and Jonathan Cohler.

Eric Dolphy definitely used vibrato on bass clarinet - and it suited his
style of music. I don't remember hearing vibrato on bass clarinet in
classical music, though.

There's no excuse _not_ to have heard any clarinet recordings, though! Hie
thee to the local library and check out their music section if you can't buy
any. That's what your parents (and possibly you!) are paying taxes for.

Cheers,
----
Mark Charette, Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet
charette@-----.org

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