Klarinet Archive - Posting 000578.txt from 2002/04

From: Glen Shannon <gshannon@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Prestige RC vs. Prestige R13
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:46:44 -0400

How does one clarinet have more overtones than another? Through
minute changes in the bore shape from specimen to specimen?

Glen

>You are more correct than I am. I was trying to find a way to express.
>Thanks for
>pointing this out.
>
>Jay Webler
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lacy, Edwin" <el2@-----.edu>
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:09 PM
>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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