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Re: Real clarinet or keyboard?

Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-12-24 21:07

I do think this topic is interesting. It seems we each have our own level of what can still be considered a "clarinet sound."

I follow the trad jazz scene, so nearly all the clarinets I hear, I hear in intimate settings where the sound produced from the bandstand nearly matches the sound I hear while playing the clarinet myself. Thus, the digitally-enhanced reverb of any number of recordings....or even the reverb from some concert halls, sounds very non-clarinet to my ear.

The early No Doubt (rock group) recordings used a synthesized clarinet. At the time, it was one of the better synthesized clarinets I had heard. It still grated on my ears though...because all-in-all, it still didn't sound like a clarinet to me. ;^)>>>

It really is interesting to me how wide/narrow a world exists in what defines a good "clarinet sound." I realize this also varies from culture to culture. Pretty cool. One tiny instrument - multitude of expressions/interpretations.

Fuzzy

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