 The Clarinet BBoard
|
Author: Irwin J
Date: 2015-08-18 03:03
As soon as I blow the first notes out of my clarinet, my 4 pound Chihuahua/Yorkie mix in the other room turns his back to the sound, lifts his snout to the heavens and utters a low, guttural howl. If I stop playing to listen, he stops. And as soon as I start, so does he. This goes on for maybe the first 5 minutes of playing and then he stops.
What really burns me is that I've been working hard on Mozart's clarinet concerto, doing fairly well with it, and he even howls when I play that!
I'm wondering if the music actually bothers him or if it's a throwback to his wolf ancestors. Anyone experience this?
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2015-08-18 03:17
You're the alpha animal, you lead, dog follows, you wail, dawg wails too.
--
Ben
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: maxopf
Date: 2015-08-18 03:19
My dog howled a lot when I was playing more violin, and still sometimes howls when I'm playing clarinet. At first I assumed he was bothered by the music, but when he started running into the room to howl along, I realized it must be instinctual.
I think it's interesting that his reactions to violin and clarinet are different, so obviously he can hear the difference in tone. He howls a lot at violin, no matter what I'm playing; on clarinet he only howls sometimes, at certain types of music, and if I get too close to him while playing he gets up and moves elsewhere (maybe it's too loud compared to violin?)
Sometimes I'll try to mimic his howls by glissandoing on clarinet, which will often make him howl even more.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: derf5585
Date: 2015-08-18 03:46
My dog leaves the room when I play. But he is OK when he hears the clarinet on youtube.
fsbsde@yahoo.com
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: leonardA
Date: 2015-08-18 07:07
I have read on some veteranarian sites that this is instinctive and the playing does not hurt dogs' ears. Something about the vibrations keys them to "sing along." You can google it. My dog does it for the first few minutes when I play and then stops.
Leonard
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: JonTheReeds
Date: 2015-08-18 11:09
Get your dog an agent
--------------------------------------
The older I get, the better I was
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-08-18 21:07
I have read on some vegetarian sites that meat-eating dogs hear and smell the resonance of meat and howl in protest. If you go vegan, the howling should stop.
If not, have the dog for dinner. ![[happy]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smiley12.gif)
Ken Shaw
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: TomS
Date: 2015-08-18 22:17
I have four dogs that howl at anything ... especially my music.
Tom
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: MichaelW
Date: 2015-08-18 22:56
Some string instruments, especially 'celli, are said to suffer from an ailment called "howling wolf". I have no own experience with it and first hoped this topic could tell me something about it.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Dibbs
Date: 2015-08-19 12:53
MichaelW wrote:
> Some string instruments, especially 'celli, are said to suffer
> from an ailment called "howling wolf". I have no own experience
> with it and first hoped this topic could tell me something
> about it.
So called "wolf" notes on string instruments happen when the instrument body has a resonance near the note that is being played. The instrument wants to vibrate at one frequency and the string at a slightly different one and you get a beating sound a bit like two notes that aren't quite in tune.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-08-19 18:50
I am fascinated by the parallel with jet engine design. There are engines whose controls will not allow them to run at particular RPM's except in passing. If you try to run at a constant "forbidden" speed, resonance of some internal part(s) will destroy the engine. So perhaps some 'celli have "forbidden notes".
And perhaps some pets also have notes you are forbidden to play in their presence.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2015-08-19 18:50)
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: MSK
Date: 2015-08-23 00:12
My now deceased dog always howled when I practiced anything remotely high on the clarinet or violin. Piano was fine. I don't know whether it caused her distress or was just an instinct, but it sure caused ME distress. I learned to put her outside or in the basement until I finished practicing.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2015-08-24 17:54
My brother's runt cocker spaniel used to howl along with everything: recorder, clarinets (she got to hear soprano, alto and bass), piano and especially singers. Range didn't seem to matter to her. The idea of channeling an "inner wolf" was a bit comical for this silly, sweet, harmless little victim of over-breeding (destined for euthanasia, the owner said -- so of course my brother immediately rescued her), but we were convinced she did indeed join in what she perceived as a pack-howl. She probably wondered why some human members of the pack just sat there and listened. ("Whoooooooooooo do they think they are, anyway?")
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
