Klarinet Archive - Posting 000886.txt from 1998/10

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] grunt- register tube
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:34:28 -0400

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:08:30 -0400 (EDT), evanse@-----.com said:

> Ok, here's a question....Is is possible to have never experienced a
> grunt? I've been reading this thread and have no idea what you guys
> are talking about. I, after long periods of playing, get physical
> grunts in my nasal passage, but that's the only grunts that I have
> experienced. So, I either haven't experienced what you're talking
> about or haven't noticed. Could either of these be possible?? I
> mean, is it possible not to notice, or is it pretty obvious when the
> "grunt" occurs?

If you play a B, one line above the stave, especially on the A clarinet,
and then do a diminuendo, you may find that a subtone, pitched around G
(bottom space) creeps in. This is irritating if you're playing the
Schubert 'Unfinished' slow movement solo, for example.

I've been taking it that this is what is being referred to by the term
'grunt'.

If you don't get this, then don't worry, you're doing something *right*.
(Unless the composer asks for it. Then, you'd be *wrong*, of course:-)

Tony
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