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The Dark Side of the Clarinet

Author: James
Date: 1999-07-02 07:10

The clarinet I believe has the darkest and the most melancholy sound of all classical instuments. No other instrument even comes close in this aspect. Although the Benny Goodman, Pete Fountain sound is nice I think clarinets unique character comes in its dark somewhat heavy sound. Is it a coincedence that the best clarinet in the world the Buffet R-13 has that dark penetrating sound that pros and players like. If you look closely at the woods of the finest clarinets they have that black and red mixture in the wood grain. It is almost fascinating to me.
Once I thought clarinet was all black. Red and Black is a very evil combination. I have a R-13 clarinet and had it for about four years now. When I first bought it was covered in a purple color but as the paint wore off after years of playing it is now red and black. The sound has also changed tremendously since I first bought it. It is much more thick and sounds very deep. It simply has transformed.

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