Klarinet Archive - Posting 000914.txt from 2000/05

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] Simple exercise - Take #2
Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 16:10:01 -0400

On Fri, 19 May 2000 13:06:23 -0700 (PDT), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> Tony Pay wrote:
>
> > <snip> Here, I'd make the sound less 'bright'. What's 'bright'? Well,
> > energetic, clear, brilliant, outward. So less energetic, quieter, less
> > upper harmonics, perhaps less attack.

> Thank you for the reply, Tony. What would you do with your
> embouchure, breath, throat or anything else in order to achieve "less
> upper harmonics"?

A difficult to answer, but of course highly generative, question for you
to ponder for yourself. You know what 'upper harmonics' means, do you?
(I don't mean that as a put-down.)

If I try to answer it explicitly for me, I might say things like, more
lip damping, longer free reed, lower tongue, or any combination of those
that reduced the upper harmonic component of the sound, depending on
the reed.

> > The sound when we 'sombrer le son' in the Stravinsky [three pieces]
>
> I've never heard this music, so I'm going to get a CD of it, of course.
> But in the meantime, what does "sombrer le son' translate to?

"Darken the sound." I assumed that you were talking about that piece,
since your enquiry so closely followed that instruction.

> so I'm going to get a CD of it, of course

Well, do that, knowing that it's a dangerous move if you want to make a
judgement. You never know who you might get playing it.

Tony
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