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Re: When and why did vibrato become taboo for the clarinet?

Author: HeyHoHey
Date: 2022-12-29 16:06

"when and why did vibrato become taboo on the clarinet?"

great question….

Simple answer is that if one finds themselves in a musical community where the consensus is that vibrato on the clarinet is bad or taboo, then the idiots are probably running the show in that community. LOL
Hahaha….
But alas, the poor clarinet….

There is the famous quote about Anton Stadler (mozart’s clarinetist) that he was able to “imitate the human voice” particularly well with his clarinet playing. This bit about Anton Stadler is actually right on his Wikipedia page…. You can draw your own conclusions about what that means, but there is definitely a difference between a player actively trying to mimic the human voice with the sound of the clarinet versus a player patting themselves on the back and saying “I feel like I’m singing when I play because of my line, my legato, my note connections, my soul….. oh, I feel like I’m singing” lol ….. this is not the same as asking oneself “how do I actively mimic the sound of the human voice with my instrument?”

Certainly, particular styles and tastes with vibrato have changed through the centuries and will continue to change in the future, but aside from perhaps boy sopranos who don’t use vibrato mainly because their voices havent matured yet …..does anybody on this thread actually have a favorite singer or could give an example of a great singer in any musical genre that dogmatically never uses vibrato , rejects vibrato completely, and is completely against it as a tool for musical expression?

Hmmm, does this line of thought remind you of any clarinetist that you know?

Idiots (clears throat)……sorry…..

Post Edited (2022-12-30 09:11)

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