Klarinet Archive - Posting 000768.txt from 2002/11

From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Centred tone
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:59:56 -0500

Okay. . I don't think Edmund Hall, Omar Simeon, or Sidney Bechet (as a
clarinetist) have centered tones -- whereas Peanuts Hucko and Irving Fazola
do. Benny Goodman had a centered tone in the clarion register, but I never
much liked what happened in the chalumeau. Now what about Pete Fountain?
Eddie Daniels? Buddy de Franco? That guy who played on Lawrence Welk? (can't
think of of his name, darn).

Most classical players have centered tones, though with subtle variations,
e.g. between Karl Leister and Harold Wright.

Pete Fountain's sound is both focused and huge, as if his air column causes
the instrument to bulge. I therefore give "center" a bit of a physical
description, if not scientifically accurate --the air delivered by the
player seems more tightly focused down the center of the horn with less of
the kind of sound one hears with a reed that is too soft .. there is a
similarity between a centered sound and the equivalent stop on a good organ
. . .

Too much center, and the sound begins too become hard, hollow, dead.

This has to do more with the mouthpiece, reed and embouchure -- and less
with the instrument, METHINKS.

But who knows, all of this is probably just crazy.

>From: "Christy Erickson" <perickso@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: RE: [kl] Centred tone
>Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 16:35:15 -0600
>
>Not me but I can't wait to see any sparks that may fly over this one!
>
>Christy Erickson
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Dablin [mailto:johnd@-----.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:50 PM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: [kl] Centred tone
> >
> > I must be feeling a little mischievous tonight, as this one might run
>and
> > run, like d*** s***. However, I would like to know...
> >
> > I've seen lots of references on the list and in manufacturer's
>advertising
> > about "centred tone", but I haven't a clue what it means. None of the
> > (admittedly small) sample of clarinet players I know ever uses the
>term.
> >
> > Would anyone like to put their head above the parapet and risk a
> > definition?
> >
> >
> > John Dablin
> > 3Com Europe Limited
> > Boundary Way
> > Hemel Hempstead
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> > UK
> > Tel: +44 (0)1442 438040
> > Fax: +44 (0)1442 438333
> >
> >
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