Klarinet Archive - Posting 000747.txt from 2000/05

From: Claudia Zornow <claudia@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Tone and its perception
Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:12:50 -0400

David Hattner wrote, in a list of flaws of orchestral clarinet
audition candidates:

> #5 Tone quality. Not a specific problem but a general one. Unattractive=
vs. =

> attractive.

This brings to mind a question I've been wondering about. How can
you tell if your tone sounds good in a hall, i.e. to the audience? =

I have sat next to players who sounded quite ordinary from one seat =

away but who sounded spectacular in a hall.

You can ask a friend in the audience, but given the nebulousness of
terms used in discussing tone, this is a crude help at best.
You can listen to a recording of yourself, but this introduces much
uncertainty due to recording technique and quality.

So what do you do? When I'm playing in an orchestra, how can I tell
what I need to change to improve my sound?

What do the rest of you do?

Claudia

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