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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2020-09-24 16:50
It's a good question Fuzzy asks and good responses. It can be confusing because people have different concepts of what those terms mean. Many years ago I speaking of tone concepts with my clarinet students at the Eastern Music Festival and I was comparing some well known players tones to get their reactions. One student said they thought Gigliotti's tone was dark and that mine was bright, I always considered my tone more in the middle "leaning" towards dark. The other students in the class began to laugh out loud and strongly disagreed with him. It's just an example of the difference of opinions. PS. that student went on to study with Gigliotti and returned years later as an alumni guest performer and everyone at that time agreed, his tone was really bright.
I've often compared dark to what the low register sounds like, especially that of a bass clarinet or bassoon, and more mellow than the altissimo, and bright as what a piccolo sounds like especially in it's high register. . I know that's rather general.
As far as "spread" the same to me as "unfocused" meaning no center to the sound, another confusing term. I've discribed that to playing a throat tone G with a loose embouchure, tending to go flat and not remaining "focused". It's easier to demonstrate what "spread" means. More so with dark, bright, mellow etc.
I played with three principal players in my 50 years in the BSO, three different tones. Gennusa, Cohen and Barta.
ESP eddiesclarinet.com
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Re: I don't understand "warm," "dark," "covered," et al new |
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Ed Palanker |
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