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Author: offblue
Date: 2012-07-25 04:55
Which one contributes more to a focused, "ringing" tone?
I recently won an auction for a lightly used Chadash barrel on ebay for $41, but the seller cancelled the item for no reason (probably too cheap). So now back to square one.
Just curious, what are your favorites if you play an R13?
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Author: Clarimeister
Date: 2012-07-25 05:05
Mouthpieces are the number 1 contributor to the sound production of the instrument beside the instrument itself. The barrel will primarily help with the tuning relationship through out the instrument, with the additional feature that it will influence the sound as well. Nonetheless, the mouthpiece will change your sound much, much more than a barrel.
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Author: SamuelChan
Date: 2012-07-25 07:49
Mouthpiece. The closer the equipment is to your mouth, the more important I guess haha.
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2012-07-25 08:29
If the auction was completed and your offer was the highest bid, then unless there was a reserve price on the item there is a contract between you for the seller to sell you the item at the accepted top bid. He/she can cancel the auction before the closing time, but once the
auction has terminated in the normal fashion highest bid has won the item unless it did not reach a reserve price If the item did not reach its reserve price you should be advised of this. If I were in your position I would take this up with the auction house.
Tony F.
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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2012-07-25 10:30
Mouthpiece, barrel and embouchure all work together. Your embouchure is more important than either the mouthpiece or barrel. Next would be the mouthpiece, your reed, and the barrel.
I played a gig with a tremendous alto player, in town from New Mexico, who brought only his mouthpiece and reeds. Played on a skanky old borrowed Conn and sounded great.
After lo these many decades, and many forays into alternate equipment, I find myself happily playing on stock barrels.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2012-07-25 12:23
Towards focusing the sound, however, someone should mention that the oral cavity and how you shape it is more important than either the mouthpiece or barrel.
The OP may consider this a given, but then again may not. Sorry if the thought is off on a tangent!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: DrewSorensenMusic
Date: 2012-07-25 13:01
In my experience, I feel that the oral cavity and placement of air create the tone, and the mouthpieces allows flexibility of tone. I've played some unbearably stuff mouthpieces, that your couldn't beg to project. Some mouthpieces are too flexible, and lack center and depth. I'd prefer an overly flexible mouthpiece over a stuffy one, as it allows itself to be voiced and directed.
To answer the question above, the mouthpiece is most important on the instrument for creating or the allowing the creation of tone and tone color. It truly is you who creates the tone, so it may be worth taking some practice time exploring the different angles and feels you and your clarinet could have together, especially if you really like your current mouthpiece. The barrel can assist in some areas, clean up and direct the throat tones, assist with the extreme registers, help tune the instrument, so can a new bell.
I play an R13 Greenline, and I like the Clark Fobes Barrel.
Drew S.
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2012-07-25 13:54
Very expensive studies using the European Supercollider facility have concluded that the mouthpiece is approximately Avogadro's number (6.022 x 10e23) times more important than the barrel.
Now you know.
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Author: SamuelChan
Date: 2012-07-25 14:06
Then I must say the importance of barrel is almost obsolete, and you could just replace it with a fitting plastic tube! Haha.
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2012-07-25 15:57
In calligraphy, which is more important, the paper or the pen?
(...or the ink?-)
Tony
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Author: William
Date: 2012-07-25 16:08
Mouthpiece, mouthpiece.....mouthpiece. But above all, PRACTICE.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2012-07-25 16:14
Tony Pay wrote:
> In calligraphy, which is more important, the paper or the pen?
> (...or the ink?-)
Neither -
The correct technique of the calligrapher trumps both.
...GBK
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2012-07-25 16:36
Yes, the master calligrapher has no need of pen, paper or ink -- or of himself:-)
Tony
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