Author: JazzBrewer
Date: 2018-01-10 18:01
Hello! First post, so I thought I'd seek some clarity. I studied saxophone in college, but took clarinet lessons for the sake of doubling in jazz ensemble. After graduating the clarinet stayed in its case. Now, several years later I'm picking up the clarinet again, exploring gear, learning the classical side of things, and trying to figure out some terminology.
So, how do you characterize a "covered" tone? It's not a term used for saxes, so I'm clueless. Whenever I search for "covered tone" or "covered sound" the results are mostly about how to cover a tone hole, or how clarinets work, not a description of sound. When I come across "covered tone" on this BB it's usually paired with "dark", e.g. "a dark, covered tone," but that still doesn't mean much. Can a tone be dark without being covered? Does covered mean muffled or dull?
Thanks!
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For anyone interested, or if you have any information/feedback on my gear, my setup is:
All-wood Buescher 400 Special from around 1980-81 (I think), which is, to my understanding, a rebranded Selmer Signet.
I get my best tone with a vintage rubber Gigliotti "2", but also have a Brilhart "Nilo W Hovey" (stock piece?), a JodyJazz (my go-to for doubling, also love the JJ on my saxes), and a (discontinued) Rico Metalite M9, which is surprisingly pleasant; I never knew they made a clarinet piece, and I'd never seen a step baffle in a clarinet mouthpiece! I have a few other pieces coming to try out, so we'll see how those go.
I like Legere reeds on clarinet and for classical sax, though I've recently switched to Fibracells for jazz sax; might try Fibracells on the JJ and Metalite.
Saxophone is still my main priority, but I really want to get get my clarinet chops up and running.
Post Edited (2018-01-10 18:47)
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