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Re: Mpc? cheap, close faced, LOUD

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2015-09-18 21:35

FWIW, my own opinion is that, if you're not a soloist in the texture, you shouldn't try to keep up with fff trumpets. It's a hopeless goal and you'll do damage to your playing in the attempt. I personally would be inclined to just stop blowing air into my clarinet if I'm doubling a really loud trumpet part and save my energy for when my part means more. Short of that, I think your best reaction is to play normally with whatever your best fortissimo is. Just accept that your sound, conflated with all the other clarinets (and other instruments) playing the same part will make whatever composite timbre the composer/arranger had in mind. If the trumpets are too dominant, its the conductor's job to balance them.

It's different if you have a solo part and are being drowned out by trumpets or someone else. Although you can probably find louder mouthpieces within the close-tipped realm, you may get more penetration for solos from reeds that are very vibrant, which may not even imply harder reeds, just ones that vibrate more freely. Sometimes harder reeds, because they're stiffer and vibrate less freely, may make this problem worse. You may need more vibration, not more resistance to it. IMO there's a difference between projection *through* a texture - presence is one word to describe it - and volume. They aren't the same.

Karl

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