Klarinet Archive - Posting 000541.txt from 1999/05

From: Alastair Palmer <mmpete@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Different pitched Clarinets timbral qualities
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:48:40 -0400

> Even if I concede that SOME PLAYERS can make this
> distinction, I submit
> that the vast, VAST majority of players and
> listeners cannot, rendering the
> fuss over using different clarinets for reasons
> OTHER THAN ease of playing
> in a given key moot. Yes, the throat tones, break,
> etc., occur in
> different places in a passage.

Surely the variance of tone for throat notes, and the
difference between 'open', eg. F/C, E/B, etc and
'closed' notes - B/E, C/F are the very reason why a
composer might choose a particular key of clarinet.
The difference in tone between a long C and a throat A
is quite noticeable...

Alastair Palmer
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