Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mark A. Bradley" <markb@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Vibrato on bass
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 17:05:25 -0400

Yes I have heard several pieces played by Reginald Kell and he has
excellent use of the vibrato! It really brings out the sound in the
lower notes. I love the Saint-Saens Sonate that he played, as I think I
may have mentioned before somewhere. I was wondering about his vibrato
as I have never heard much in clarinet playing before. The tape
recording I have was taped by my director for me from an incredibly old
record so there is a lot of background noise and the record skipped a
few times, so I would like to find a recording of this on a CD...
I agree that you should wait to first produce good tone before worrying
about vibrato on a clarinet. I think I read an article or something
somewhere that said that the clarinet is one of the only members of the
orchestra that does not widely use vibrato.
I have a hard time producing vibrato from any of the methods commonly
used but I bet that if I learned it would help my sax playing a little
bit (although lately I have given up on that)....
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Mark A. Bradley
markb@-----.com

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