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Author: Jimis4klar
Date: 2020-06-14 00:19
Which is best for practising on clarinet? Hearing most of sound details, faults?
Do you think we should also use large halls for practising? To see how the dynamics of sound differ according to the acoustics of the hall? Anyone has experience on playing outside on open areas(as a soloist)?
How the acoustics are in that case compared being in a large or a small hall?
Give me your thoughts and knowledge about all that, thanks!
Post Edited (2020-06-14 00:28)
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2020-06-14 00:46
I have always tried to rehearse or at least play a few notes to check out an unfamiliar venue.
I have often played outside. At times have used a mic., other times not. I found the relationship of solo to band about the same compared to inside volume wise.
We have a small dixieland group as well (with full band acc.). For that I used to use a mic. since the brass/sax/drums are loud. In recent years I just played a lot up an octave.
Usually more echo in a large hall vs. small. Somewhat reduced with a large crowd vs. small. Acoustics in large halls can vary a lot. No way to know without actually rehearsing there.
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Post Edited (2020-06-14 00:47)
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-06-14 03:38
I agree with Tom above on the difference between the sounds of the large vs. small hall. But "halls" are often booked or just off limits to casual practice. Ideally, if you and your regular ensemble have a dedicated space, it would be best to hear how you will sound in that space (as well as the whole group). Just one example would be articulations. The group will need to play staccato (or any phrases that rely on separated chunks) to play that material SHORTER in a hall that has longer reverberation time.
But if you're asking where is the best place to practice to hear yourself, the answer would be in the driest (least/no reverb time) space you can find. The reason is to hear YOUR note endings, YOUR note beginnings, YOUR articulations. That is the opposite of why people tend to sing in the shower. All that sloshy reverberation in a typical bathroom makes you think you sound better than you are because all the echoes hide any and all sloppiness in your singing (or playing).
I actually love practicing outside (in the middle of a grassy field) to hear all the details of my sound. You are forced to create any feathering of dynamics such as the tails of notes. And if you don't create them, they're not there.
................Paul Aviles
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Author: Tom H
Date: 2020-06-14 04:45
Agree completely with Paul. My first year teaching Band we did our concerts in what's called a Gymnatorium, which is what it sounds like. Incredible amount of echo.
I moved to a different job and we had a nice fairly large auditorium with what I consider about as good acoustically as you can get. Just a touch of echo. Remember thinking at age 25--"Wow, any little mistake will be heard here". Fortunately I also often got to solo in this place for many years.
The Most Advanced Clarinet Book--
tomheimer.ampbk.com/ Sheet Music Plus item A0.1001315, Musicnotes product no. MB0000649.
Boreal Ballad for unaccompanied clarinet-Sheet Music Plus item A0.1001314.
Musicnotes product no. MNO287475
Post Edited (2020-06-14 04:47)
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2020-06-16 18:32
I've played in a lot of halls! Small to large. The ones I tend to like best were Severance Hall in Cleveland and the hall at Interlochen Arts Academy. One of the worst has at the Kennedy Center, because it's hard to hear yourself as well as someone right next to you.
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