Klarinet Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 2003/04

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:30:24 -0400

There is no difference in the sound of clarinets- By transposing you can
play the same pitches and avoid switching clarinets.

Ed

> From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 11:42:40 -0800
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
>
> 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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