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Author: iClarinet2u
Date: 2016-08-21 01:23
Hi. I'm just looking for general feedback on my tone quality in this short recording. Thanks.
https://soundcloud.com/user-176131552/new-recording-7
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2016-08-21 02:45
https://soundcloud.com/user-176131552/new-recording-7
Overall quite good. You need to concentrate on the extremes: maintaining the "roundness" of your sound in the altissimo, and around the very first articulations. In later articulations you kept the air pressure/wind speed/voicing consistent.
With the altissimo -- what I hear suggests that you should make sure that your corners-are-in and that your upper-lip-pushes-down more significantly than you're used to in that range.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2016-08-21 05:27
I kind of disagree with Tobin. The tone is flabby and unsupported from the beginning.
Take a MUCH deeper breath, beginning with the ribs in your sides and your belly and letting your chest rise. Then let the breath out with all its weight going into the tone. Use this extra tone to drive the phrases all the way through.
I want to hear you from the last row of the concert hall, not just next to you.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Christopher Bush
Date: 2016-08-21 07:04
Hi Ken,
That last bit seems awfully one-size-fits-all for my taste. I would hope that we all think about the sound needed for job at hand. Having a giant, resonant sound that hits the back wall in a concert hall isn't always necessary. It's just another tool we use when needed. For a close-mic recording session, I must say I've never used that much sound. Microphones up close never seem to record that kind of sound with a beautiful result, anyway.
Hi iClarinet2u,
In general, it's a pleasant sound, although you do tend to sound a little pinched in the altissimo sometimes. Since I can't see you breathe or form your embouchure, I'll refrain from commenting on them. The pinching could be coming from inefficiencies in your air, biting, or even both resulting from perhaps a clarinet not sealing very well. Or perhaps you are getting exactly the sound you want and have made the conscious decision to produce those colors.
Thanks for putting yourself out there.
Christopher Bush
Prof. of Clarinet - NYU
Princ. Clarinet - Glens Falls Symphony, Metro Chamber Orchestra
Director - NYU Composers Ensemble
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-08-21 20:09
What do *you* think of it? After all, you're the one in the final analysis who needs to evaluate it. Is it what you expected to hear (given that we don't hear ourselves as other listeners do)? Is it what you're trying to produce?
I'm interested in what you intended the staccato to sound like. Putting aside the tone quality itself, was the length and style of the staccato a deliberate choice for this etude?
Karl
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Author: Richie
Date: 2016-08-21 20:42
It's actually pretty good. A little airy, but that can be fixed by keep ing the tongue closer to the reed. Also try to keep the airstream fast, but steady and consistent throughout the registers. That is very important.
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Author: iClarinet2u
Date: 2016-08-21 23:02
My main focus was control over the range of the instrument with a very sensitive setup. I feel a lot more agile with phrasing and articulation with this setup, if that makes any sense. I do like the tone I'm producing, but extra ears and perspectives might show me something I didn't see before. I'll check a few of those suggestions and post a short expert some time this week.
Please don't worry about my ego! Thanks again for the input.
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-08-21 23:11
If you record yourself again, you might try to put the mic a little farther away. It might give a more honest impression of what listeners hear when you play.
Karl
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