Klarinet Archive - Posting 000088.txt from 2003/04

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:30:25 -0400

Ed, thank you for your response, but it is clear to me that we have no
basis of communication if, as your note indicates, you consider only the
pitch of a note as the required element in performance. In effect, the
character and register of the needed sound appears to hold no importance
to you.

I heard a performance of a Mahler symphony done without E-flat clarinets
because the management did not want to pay the extra money. The results
were that all of the pitches were heard on B-flat clarinets -- many in
the wrong register -- but none of the instrumenal character was
retained. The performance was awful at those moments when the needed
clarinet was not used.

What you propose is fundamentally unmusical.

Dan

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