Klarinet Archive - Posting 000647.txt from 1999/08

From: "Bruce Keplinger" <bruce@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Clarinet noises (was Audience Distractions)
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:39:23 -0400

[snip]
> A different sort of problem is the clarinetist who doesn't plan ahead with
> swabbing and is forced to blow the condensation out of his/her C#/G# key
> quickly. Of course, this usually happens during the quiet moments of the
> music, but is a noise that cuts through your average forte. This is
> guaranteed to be heard everywhere in the even the largest theaters!

It's something I like to avoid at all costs, to the point of marking
swabbing points in my music.

Here's another one... Does anyone else out there in clarinetland get
annoyed by loose embouchures, allowing a loud PFSSS!!! at every forte or
accented note? Orchestral wind players can, for the most part, get away
with it, but reducing forces to chamber orchestra or smaller brings all
those noises irritatingly to the fore.

Just wondering if I'm the only one,
Bruce

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