Klarinet Archive - Posting 000862.txt from 1999/12

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: RC Prestige - now Oral Cavity
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 18:16:18 -0500

David
I guess I didn't define my terms clearly enough. I do realize that one can
open and/or close the soft palate and use different syllables for articulation
(and this will change tone colour) , and that a person has an individual
concept of beautiful tone, but what I really meant to ask is this:
is the original shape and size of an individual's oral cavity a determining
factor? For example, for those of us who are in awe of Robert Marcellus' tone
quality and colour - is there a possibility of actually duplicating his sound
if one had his tonal concept in mind and was actually able to play on his own
equipment? Same question for Harold Wright's tone colour or anyone else's.
I'm not convinced that anyone has yet succeeded in sounding identical to
Marcellus even though they made want to, try to, having heard him live many
times and listened to recordings innumerable times. Why can't anyone do it?
Is one factor perhaps the uniqeness of the shape and size of the oral cavity
one is given? That's what was meant by a factor one can't control.

Cheers

Audrey

David Blumberg wrote:

> Audrey wrote:
> Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com> Subject: Re: [kl] RC Prestige David Does
> the oral cavity's shape and size have anything to do with tone quality - in
> other words, a factor we cannot control? Audrey
>
> ----------------------
>
> A factor that you can, and should control - has everything to do with
> getting and shaping the tone, and tonal color. Can you open up your
> Posterior Pharyngeal Cavity? (the soft palate in the back of your throat -
> try yawning).
> Say E (he), eh (eh, I don't know), ahh (for the doctor to look inside), ooo
> (who), oooh (low) - you just changed the oral shape of the cavity.
>
> David Blumberg - reedman@-----.com
> ("I'd be a medical doctor, but unfortunately, I don't have the degree" ;)
> http://www.mytempo.com
>
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