Klarinet Archive - Posting 000555.txt from 2005/03

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] that nice dark sound
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:22:28 -0500

dnleeson wrote:

> But the natural question that has to arise from any student is, what
> must I do to get more or less of the things that acoustics suggests
> defines the distinction between dark and light?

Well, the natural thing to do would be:

(i) Experiment with different sorts of sounds that you can control (e.g.
by using the balance settings on a hi-fi) to listen to sounds with
higher or lower power in the higher frequencies. This will train you to
understand what a sound with more or less higher partials "sounds like".

(ii) Experiment with your clarinet, with a whole range of variables
(setup, embouchure, mouth shape etc.) and find out what changes you can
make that correspond to these sound changes you observed previously.

I have a feeling Tony may have suggested something along these lines
previously.

-- Joe

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