Klarinet Archive - Posting 000556.txt from 2003/06

From: "LARISA DUFFY & DAVID DOW" <DUFFYL@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: [kl] Vibrato
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:32:13 -0400

Vibrato

>From David Dow

Interesting to note that the vibrato factor can intensify the sound .....I
think the danger which a decent teacher faces is the when to introduce
vibrato. I usually start talking about this with students in the
intermediate stages and deliver more input as they develop technically.

Vibrato on strings was not always popular as it is today. The older early
20th century recording certainly have examples of no vibrato in many
recordings. My Bruno Walter Das Lied von der Erde of Mahler from the mid
30s with Charles Kullman has not a tad of string vibrato in many sustained
passages....interesting how styles change over time. -- Original
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From: "Dan Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Vibrato

> I am constantly reminded that a vibrato in music plays an important role
> releated to real passion. When one is in the throes of a serious
> romance, one trembles, one vibrates. The heart beats faster and it is
> difficult to control oneself.
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> The art of producing a sound that trembles or vibrates is an attempt to
> achieve a simulation of that kind of physical passion within the music.
> You see the string player literally trembling to achieve a vibrato.
> The hand shakes, and the speed of movement is related to the intensity
> of the passion.
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> It is not called "vibrato" for nothing, you know.
>
> Watsamatta guys and goils. Aintcha got the idea right?? A vibrato make
> you tremble with love.
>
> Ah romance!
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