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 Re: What Separates Average Tone from Exceptional?
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2015-11-22 22:52

Katrina wrote:

> I'd also like to add that imagining the clarinet sound you want
> can be another path to enlightenment. Now, I don't mean copying
> or attempting to sound like one other clarinetist you've heard.
> I mean vividly imagining the sound *you* want to come out of
> your clarinet. You've made a great start by searching out
> recordings. Sometimes that's all you get.

I'd have to disagree that copying (or, rather, emulating) a clarinetist you've heard and liked is a wrong approach. Eventually, the attempt to duplicate the sound of a player you admire will give way to the reality that everyone sounds different at least in subtle ways, but in the process you may well discover things that are needed to produce a generically good sound and will allow you to go in the direction you choose.

IMO, it isn't possible to develop a really clear concept of tone quality without having a live model (or more) to use as a point of comparison. It's one of the reasons why studying with a teacher who is a good player can make such a difference. Often, it isn't even what you hear him or her say that's as important as the example you hear when the teacher plays at a lesson. It's especially valuable if you have the opportunity to hear the same person perform in a concert environment (so you can compare the sound close up and from an audience perspective in a hall), but that's not always possible.

You need models. Live ones. Wherever and however you can arrange to hear them. Recordings are not adequate reproductions from which to build a sound concept - though they are perfectly good for studying phrasing, style and other elements of a player's musical approach.

Karl
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