Klarinet Archive - Posting 000883.txt from 1999/12

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: RC Prestige - now Oral Cavity
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:55:33 -0500

Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] re: RC Prestige - now Oral Cavity
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

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I agree that each of us has a different cavity oral structure - like
different speaker cabinet brands. My point before was that the tonal
conception, and Mouthpiece/reed have much more to do with the tone then the
Clarinet make or model.

David Blumberg
music@-----.com
http://www.mp3.com/mytempo
http://www.mytempo.com
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