Klarinet Archive - Posting 001053.txt from 1999/05

From: Gary Smith <garysmith@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] leahs question
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 18:25:28 -0400

At 09:09 AM 5/22/99 +0100, you wrote:
>
>What is a "mature tone", please?
>Roger S.

Okay, I knew I wouldn't get away with that - I was in a hurry and I didn't
want to type "warm" and "dark," those twin cliches of tone description. I'm
of a school of thought that there are no really good words to precisely
describe tone, outside of technical acoustical terms which a lot of people
don't understand. So I don't spend a lot of time trying.

The Premier doesn't appear to favor lower harmonics, nor does it appear to
facilitate great dynamic range. I thought I heard more reed buzz when I
played it, but that could have been the reed. Those are some components of
a mature tone to me. YMMV, but I have played the mouthpiece, and so have
some of my students, and that's my opinion.

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"Any male turtle dove will tell you that, if conditions are
right, the female turtle dove can spit on her hands and throw her
weight about like Donald Duck."
- _The Editor_Regrets_, P.G. Wodehouse

Gary Smith
garysmith@-----.com

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