Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2005/03

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] German sound
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:58:58 -0500

Well I have a problem up front. The characteristic sound of a
wind instrument is almost entirely influenced by the instrument.
That is why a clarinet sounds like a clarinet and not a tuba. A
man with a clarinet in his mouth is going sound like a clarinet,
not because of the man, but because of the instrument. Take the
clarinet out and replace it with and oboe, and it will no longer
sound like a clarinet.

I will agree that the character of that sound (and I may need
another work here, perhaps "quality" of sound) is very much
influenced by the party behind the instrument.

So you see we have some difficulty in understanding the isses of
which we are trying to speak. This further adds to the complexity
of trying to formulate a hypothesis.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Charette [mailto:charette@-----.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:49 AM
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: RE: [kl] German sound

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, dnleeson wrote:

> I know about Deutsch's work. She is very prolific.
>
> One would have to be crazy to deny that there is a relationship
> between speech and music, but even Deutsch for whom this is one
> of life's hot button, has not even hinted that the sound
> character of a musical instrument is affected by speech
patterns.

However, if we agree that the chararacteristic of the sound of a
wind
instrument is greatly influenced by the player (which involves of
course
much more than just the tonal pattern), and the the player's
speech
patterns influence both the formants that are involved in tonal
production
and cadence of the note groups, may we then create a reasonable
hypothesis
that speech influences the "sound character"?

It will probably languish as a hypothesis only for some time to
come,
though.

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