Klarinet Archive - Posting 000363.txt from 2003/12

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Harold Wright's Vibrato??
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:53:44 -0500

John - if controversial, your answer *might* be inciteful: if it actually helps
someone understand a concept, it's insightful. Either way, I got a chuckle out
of it, sorely needed, BTW.

Thanks!!

Audrey

John Hansken wrote:

> I don't know how Harold uses his vibrato, but for myself, I like to use
> kinda mix of lip and diaphragm. My vibrato mimics the vibrato of how a
> cellist would do their vibrato: starting wide and slow and gradually
> speeding it up and getting a little closer. As I have been told many times
> before, vibrato is taboo on clarinet blah blah blah. I would have to agree
> that is taboo on such pieces that are written in the time period of say
> classical music such as Mozart, but on pieces in the romantic time period
> and beyond I like to use it as a means of getting more expression and
> emotion out of pieces while still using it sparingly. In the end I guess it
> is all in how you feel the music should be interpreted and how vibrato adds
> to that interpretation. Hope this was inciteful.
>

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