Klarinet Archive - Posting 000019.txt from 2011/07

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Would love feedback...please :) (re-beginner player)
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:16:15 -0400

MaryMuse <maryasaurus@-----.com> wrote
> I put together a "holiday" concert for my friends on YouTube. It's been
> twenty years since I've seriously played, and I know that I am woefully
> horrible. Fibromyalgia doesn't help because my brain and my fingers
> sometimes don't talk...but with that introduction, if any of the more
> experienced players on the list would love to give me tips, hints, tell
> me all the things I'm doing wrong... I'd very much appreciate it.

May I ask what mouthpiece and reed you used here? You don't seem to be
struggling for fingerings, so the basic mechanics seem to have come back
to you pretty well. However, to my ear, your tone seems rather thin and
buzzy. It doesn't have the richness that I look for in my own playing.
That kind of thing can be caused by using equipment that doesn't match
your physiology. It might be time to experiment by acquiring a variety
of different reeds (different brands and different strengths) to see if
you can find a better match.

On the other hand, I'm just guiding you towards the kind of sound that
*I* like. You need to decide what sound YOU are looking for.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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