Klarinet Archive - Posting 000577.txt from 2002/04

From: "Jay Webler" <webler1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Prestige RC vs. Prestige R13
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:19:15 -0400

You are more correct than I am. I was trying to find a way to express.
Thanks for
pointing this out.

Jay Webler
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From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
Subject: RE: [kl] Prestige RC vs. Prestige R13

> <<<A Clarinet with more overtones can be called bright and a Clarinet with
> weaker overtones can be called dark.>>>
>
> I don't think that quite hits the mark. A clarinet with a preponderance
of
> higher overtones, in terms of both frequency and amplitude, will generally
> be thought of as "brighter," while one with a preponderance of lower
> overtones and attenuated higher ones will be considered dark by players
who
> are willing to make such judgements.
>
> Ed Lacy
> EL2@-----.edu
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