Klarinet Archive - Posting 000090.txt from 2003/04

From: "Rebecca Brennan" <rjbrennan1221@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:30:27 -0400

I agree with Dan on this one. I have had to do a lot or transposing from Bb
to alto and it didn't sound good at all, even though my band dictator
insisted I sounded fine, i just felt I wasn't getting the right sound
because I was in the wrong register. it bothered me, but it beat playing
bari sax parts.

-Rebecca

>From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet sound
>Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 14:27:00 -0800
>
>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
>>
>>
>>
>>>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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>>>--
>>>***************************
>>>**Dan Leeson **
>>>**leeson0@-----.net **
>>>***************************
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>**Dan Leeson **
>**leeson0@-----.net **
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