Klarinet Archive - Posting 001045.txt from 1999/05

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] leahs question
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 04:09:31 -0400

What is a "mature tone", please?
Roger S.

On Fri, 21 May 1999, Gary Smith wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:55:44 -0500
> From: Gary Smith <garysmith@-----.com>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] leahs question
>
> At 04:18 PM 5/21/99 +1200, you wrote:
> >Just another suggestion...
> >
> >I've recently known two young people (one is my daughter), both with
> >gradually strengthening embouchures, who were trying to use mouthpieces with
> >a very closed tip. They were playing with reeds that were too soft for the
> >mps and both players were starting to experience frequent squeaking. The
> >problem vanished when they began using a more open mpc. I inherited my
> >daughter's (closed tip) mpc and found it to be very squeaky with a 2.5 but
> >just brilliant with a 3.5 reed.
> >
> >Maybe, Leah, your chops are getting stronger and you need to rethink your
> >reed/mpc combination?
>
> If so, the Premier might not be a good choice, although I have nothing
> against Hite, and would recommend trying his pro line mps. I've recommended
> Premiers to beginner students, and I think that's what the mp is designed
> for. For a student with this experience level, I think the Premier would be
> rather limited - it's clear-sounding, and seems to promote good intonation,
> but I didn't find it to facilitate large volume or an extremely rich tone
> quality - it's not a bad tone, just not a very mature one.
>
> I think the original post-er needs to look at the Vandoren B45, Marcellus
> M13 (yes, they're still at WW/BW), Larry Combs, etc.
>
>
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>
>
> Gary Smith
> garysmith@-----.com
>
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