Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2003/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:30:23 -0400

I'm not sure what you mean when you say, "There is likely no difference
if you transpose and use a different clarinet." Could you expand on
this, please.

Dan

Ed Wojtowicz wrote:
> Many times you hear about playing things on Bb, A, C, Eb or D clarinet.
> There is likely no difference if you transpose and use a different clarinet.
> The player is influenced by the relative size and mass of the instrument, as
> well as the psychological ease of playing in one tonality or another that
> may be more comfortable (physically or mentally) to the player. The
> difference in the size mouthpiece and reed contribute to the players
> approach to the instrument and perception of tonal difference.
>
>
> :-)
> Ed
>
>
>>From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
>>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 12:21:32 -0800
>>To: klarinet@-----.org
>>Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
>>
>>The first consideration that you have to accept is that you are not the
>>best judge of how you sound. People have to get away from the source of
>>sound to hear it best. Did you ever notice how, during an audition, the
>>person judging you walks away from you? Well you as the player are
>>right up against the sound, and you can't hear it realistically.
>>
>>But you may also be influenced by a number of things, such as excellence
>>of intonation, the sealing characteristics of each pad as it closes to
>>cover its hole, the general feel of the instrument, and other
>>psychological factors that combine to give you a greater affection for
>>one instrument over another. For example, I have a gold plated basset
>>horn and I think I play better on it than if it were silver or platinum.
>>Why? I don't know. I just like the gold and I think I sound better
>>with it, though I don't.
>>
>>You also hear a lot how a person sounds better on a wooden clarinet than
>>a plastic one. It is also probably not true, but wood is a beautiful
>>physical medium and that affects the performer.
>>
>>Dan
>>
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