Klarinet Archive - Posting 000750.txt from 2002/11

From: "Kent Krive" <k.krive@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Centred tone
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:59:38 -0500

For clarinet tone quality metaphors, how about:

e-e-e-e (long)
a-a-a-a "
a-a-a-a (short)
o-o-o-o (long)
u-u-u-u (Latin)
awww
ahhhhh
errrrr
echhh
ewe
uhhhh

etc., etc.

Do any of the above sounds and/or others remind you of your tone? Which
others if not those?

The use of these or similar phonograms could help resolve the tremendous
difficulties inherent in the verbal description of a non-verbal phenomenon.

Karl Krelove wrote:

> In practical terms, it means a tone that is clear - i.e. not mixed with
air
> or "fuzz," gurgles, etc.. After that the definition, which in my
experience
> gets used interchangeably with "focused," gets murkier and closer to the
> "dark/bright" problem.
<snip>

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