Author: A Brady
Date: 2010-06-03 20:10
I will never forget the first time I heard a beautiful clarinet sound: I was in 9th Grade, and went to a local production of South Pacific. The clarinetist was a local middle-school teacher (who left shortly thereafter to take a performance job, before I had a chance to study with him), and his sound, full, rich with harmonics, and flexibly expressive, still reverberates in my ears.
Two years later, I was fortunate enough to study with a wonderful player with another beautiful, yet different sound, and I still hear and feel his influence in my own tone, many years later.
No specific exercises or piece of equipment will produce a beautiful sound unassisted: the sound must be heard, then assimilated into the players consciousness in order to be produced. Recordings of master performers, and live exposure to a great sound are the only real answers to this question.
The sound must be HEARD in the players head, then the actual production will follow naturally through proper practice techniques.
AB
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