Klarinet Archive - Posting 000543.txt from 2002/11

From: "Kathy Beatty" <kbeatty@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Re: [kl] Is my taste in clarinet tone getting
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:56:11 -0500

Excuse me, but "everyone" doesn't know what a dark tone is=2E After following al=
l
this discussion, I still don't know what it is=2E I'm still waiting for someone who purports to know what it is to describe it - or as Dan has said over and over again, to tell me how to produce it=2E=
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Kathy

----- Original Message -----
From: Deidre Calarco
Subject: Re: [kl] Is my taste in clarinet tone getting "darker" in my oldage=
?

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> Okay, I just joined the list, but I knew what she was talking about=2E By
> "golden" she meant "rich=2E" And, everyone knows what a dark tone is=2E It'=
s
> full and well supported - the opposite of bright and shrill=2E It's probabl=
y
> a sound which includes only harmonious under- and overtones and is well
> balanced and consistent=2E
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> What's wrong with using metaphors to describe sound? They can be so concis=
e
> and meaningful=2E Or am I opening a can of worms=2E=2E=2E?
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> -DC
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