Klarinet Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 2000/05

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Hello everyone, back from travel
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 07:38:21 -0400

Bill, I am not going to drive the members of the list who are familiar
with the "dark sound" business crazy by repeating it. You might
consider looking up the llllloooooonnnnngggggg history of this topic in
the archives. Suffice it to say that it has always been my suggestion
that the term "dark sound" as well as "bright sound" are terms that have
no accepted meaning or definition whatsoever outside of the head of the
person who uses them, and, as such, are quite useless descriptions of
the character of a clarinet's sound.

Buried somewhere in the archives is a long article I wrote called "That
nice dark sound." You don't have to agree with what it says, but your
clarinet education will remain medieval until you read it. When you do
you can come to the conclusion that the author is full of doo-doo and
then we can discuss the specifics while you give me (and the rest of the
list) your perspective on this topic.

Much of the terminology used to describe things clarinet derive from
social pressure not from any technical truth or, for that matter, any
agreed-upon scientific studies that use well-defined terminology.

So you can look for a "nice dark sound" all you wish but I suggest that
you will not be able to identify it when you get it and you really do
not have any specific idea what the hell it is you are looking for.

Have a nice day.

Dan Leeson, back from vacation and pissed off with the rotten state of
the world in general and clarinetdom in particular.

William Wright wrote:
>
> Daniel Leeson wrote:
>
> <><> but then said that he was working hard to get a nice dark
> sound. We had a little conversation on that and they are still cleaning
> his blood off the walls. [....] many, many messages about getting a
> nice dark sound or being told that they were buying clarinet xxx because
> it has a nice dark sound. They were only saying that to get me upset,
> you know.
>
> I'm a newcomer to the list. I think that you're saying that a
> clarinetist can get too 'dark' and 'echo-y'? If so, I agree with you
> (is it heresy to say that Stoltzman goes too far for my taste?), but if
> you're saying something else, can you elaborate?
>
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