Klarinet Archive - Posting 000470.txt from 2002/11

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Dark Sound
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:54:58 -0500

???

I said...

I have always classified clarinet and saxophone tone with 2 sets
of opposing characteristics...

centered/compact or full/round (less compact)

and

edgy or smooth

I must have missed how my explanation could have the possibility
of it's misinterpretation. Here is a better rephrasing of what I
meant...

centered/compact is the OPPOSITE or full/round

AND (but a mutually exclusive description for a DIFFERENT part
of sound composition)

edgy is the OPPOSITE of smooth

I am sorry for the confusion for anyone who thought I was
comparing the first set to the second, and not the comparison
which I was proposing, which was each set individually, thus the
"subsets" of sound to be more specific, and avoid the "bright"
and "dark" sound terms, which I think are encompasing of both
sets, which is why different people consider the terms bright
and dark too multifaceted to get only one explanation from
multiple people.

I was comparing the first item in each set to the second item in
each set SEPARATELY from the other set, as they are mutually
exclusive.

I can see where my explanation was, by nature, with dangling
modifiers as I set it up in the first e-mail, and didn't do
anything but confuse. I reread it, and can see it both the way I
meant it, and the way you read it, Tim.

Sorry to the list for the confusion...

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com> wrote:
<<SNIP>>
> I was astonished to read Kelly's assertion earlier list today
> that "smooth"
> is the opposite of "centered". I would never have guessed
> that.
<<SNIP>>> - Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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