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assessing your true tone, from an audience perspective

Author: ned
Date: 2010-06-29 04:17

There have been many a post from concerned correspondents regarding this vexed topic.

I'd just like to add my two bob's worth, as a thought occurred to me yesterday as I was practicing - the issue just popped in to my head, uninvited, as it were.

I was practicing in front of mirror, to retrain my muscle memory with regard to a rarely used phrase, as I have some jazz work coming up shortly.In the process I was reminded that my tone was noticeably different from this position where the sound was reflected back to me. It's not a huge revelation I suppose, and I have been aware of it for a long time, but it made me ponder nonetheless.

To truly test this though, I have decided to enlist help from other folk, who will listen to me from a position next to me and also in front of my playing position, to determine whether the two sounds are indeed the same or different, as the case may be.

I will endeavour to obtain at least two opinions, one from a non-musician and one from a clarinet playing friend. Should I conduct these as blindfold tests?

They may actually hear no difference, as they will not be holding the instrument themselves, of course, and will not be affected by any peripheral resonance. This may indeed be a factor.

I may also record myself with microphone placed in these positions, but I suppose another person would be required to offer an objective assessment.

I'll report my findings in due course. In the meantime does anyone out there, with any knowledge of acoustic sound production, have any suggestions?

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