Klarinet Archive - Posting 000708.txt from 1998/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vibrato on bass
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 19:28:11 -0400

At 04:23 PM 6/21/98 EDT, Stuart (CoolStu67) wrote:
>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.
>
The archives must be stuffed with discussions on this subject, but the
short answer is, "Any professional would laugh at a teacher who said such a
thing."

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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