Author: Bartmann
Date: 2007-06-05 14:30
Goele,
Yes it's the unpredictable combination of sound generating parts: reed, mouthpiece, and barrel, that makes the clarinet so wonderful. After spending so many years practicing clarinet I will never stop playing. It certainly is organic sounding.
And your observations about the flute are very true: its sound is very unchanging. But I love that aspect because any tone variation comes almost completely from the embouchure. So if you have a beautiful sound, it comes completely from the player. With the flute, one must always strive to keep the beauty of the tone foremost in one's mind. In contrast, with the clarinet, good equipment will get you 80% there towards generating beautiful sound.
uw vriend,
Bartmann
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