Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2020-07-23 21:55
Ruben et al, my apologies for going a bit off-topic with my rant. To get back to the original question, there is a fair amount of 'tonal tweaking' you can do with the equipment. When I think of a traditional "French" clarinet sound, I hear someone like Guy Deplus with a thin, bright sound and fast, heavy vibrato. That may be a stereotype (or just plain wrong), but that's what comes to my mind.
If I were trying to sound like that I'd probably use a fairly open mouthpiece with a short facing, and a thin/soft reed. And add the vibrato.
Choice of instrument, honestly, doesn't seem to make that much difference. To my ears, using one of my typical mouthpiece/reed combinations, I sound the same on a Boosey & Hawkes large-bore (English, of course) clarinet, or an F. Arthur Uebel Oehler-system clarinet (of which I have several), or a more typical French clarinet (I have a nice Martin Freres, very Buffet-ish I think). So I don't believe a particular sound/style could be achieved by an instrument switch alone.
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