Klarinet Archive - Posting 000471.txt from 2002/11

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] quaver or semiquaver
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:54:59 -0500

Bill,

the quaver and semiquaver Tony mentioned are time duration
terms, not having anything to do with vibrato or the like.

North American to European descriptions of note duration...

sixteenth note = semiquaver
eighth note = quaver
quarter note = crotchet
half note = minim
whole note = semibreve

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- William Wright <b5w@-----.net> wrote:
> Tony Pay has suggested several times that a clarinetist should
> be
> capable of multiple tones during a single phrase.
>
> I remember several years ago, when I first arrived here, Tony
> cited a
> particular performer and asked, "Did you notice that he often
> changes
> his tone from one quaver or semiquaver to the next?"
>
> Since I'm an American, Tony's question sent me to the
> dictionary
> immediately. Quaver? Is a clarinetist's tone supposed to
> quaver and
> wobble? Is there a full wobble and also a partial wobble?
>
> klezmer is a good illustration of tone flexibility.
>
> Flexibility does not absolve us from trying to define or
> understand each
> particular tone. But I think that Tony's point that a
> competent
> clarinetist cannot be described as having a single tone has
> been
> overlooked while we search for words to deal with tone.
>
> ....I just wanted to say this.
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
>
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