Klarinet Archive - Posting 000061.txt from 2003/11

From: "Ed Stuart" <estuart@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] band directors
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 04:02:04 -0500

Troy,

Hi. I have taken some of my favorite recordings and played parts of them
for my teacher and basically she panned their sound as being more like that
of a sax and saying that they most likely used a sax embouchure when they
played. If I remember correctly, she indicated that they most likely take
in more of the mouthpiece. How do you change your sound?

Later,
Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: Troy Shimkus [mailto:musickmann@-----.com]
Subject: RE: [kl] band directors

Just a quick note froma newbie to the list. It seems
to me that the ability to play jazz is more a state of
mind than a matter of training. Once you understand
how to play the instrument and know how to make a good
sound, you can play jazz. All thats left to gain an
understanding of is chord changes and developing your
ear a bit more. Playing jazz improv is easy if you
think of it as easy. Just become familar with the
harmonic strucure of the piece (either by ear or by
chord analysis) and then play those notes for the
solo. Just pick out a couple of rhythmic motifs and
put some different notes there and you've got a good
beginning jazz practice. As for the jazz sound, I
think yes, there is definateyl a difference between a
classical orchestral sound, a wind band sound, and a
jazz sound. They are subtle differences, but
differneces nontheless.

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