Klarinet Archive - Posting 001099.txt from 2000/05

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] neurology and embouchure
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 15:09:56 -0400

> Don Longacre....who is seriously
> thinking about switching to
> trombone..Do they have neuroses?

That's an interesting point, Don. Two days ago, I went over to the
trumpet newsgroup and posted the following question:

> Group: rec.music.makers.trumpet
> Date: Mon, May 22, 2000, 8:33pm
> From: Bilwright@-----.net (William=A0Wright)
> Subject: Tone description

>@-----. Our group has been
discussing whether the words that we (and sales catalogs) use to
describe a particular player's tone or instrument's tone have the same
meaning for most players. That is, if I were to say "This melody should
be played with a dark tone", would most clarinet players imagine the
same tone?
=A0=A0=A0=A0This question has led to all sorts of other questions about
adjectives that describe tone.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0I thought it would be interesting to hear from players of
a different type of instrument. It would add some perspective to our own
discussion.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Would a few of you mind listing the half-dozen most
commonly used adjectives to describe the tone of a particular trumpet
player or instrument?
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Do you feel that most trumpet players imagine the same
tone (and the same method of producing it) when they hear one of these
adjectives?

Thank you,
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Bill

So far, the only answers that I've received have been humor, such as "My
parents describe my tone as "#@-----. Nobody has suggested a
single meaningful adjective.
I don't know the first thing about trumpet. Somebody here posted
that he or she chose the clarinet precisely because we _do_ have more
control over our tones than players of other instruments have. So
perhaps the lack of response is because trumpet doesn't allow as much
control as clarinet does.
But frankly I sort of doubt that this is true. So perhaps there
truly is something in the mind set of clarinetists that focuses our
attention especially on tone ??
This morning I listened to discs by Maurice Andre and Louis
Armstrong. (If you don't own a disc by Andre, you should purchase one
today.) There is some difference in the tones, but not as much as I
expected to hear. Perhaps the difference that does exist is in the
instrument, not the player? I have a hard time believing this myself,
but as I said, I know nothing about trumpet,

Cheers,
Bill

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