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Re: How to get a bigger tone ???

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2016-05-10 04:23

Thanks very much for that post "Liquorice" and the amazing excerpt - I've looked like that after more gigs than I can count :-)

Yes, I admire great singers. There is nothing more musical. I would say though (seriously) that their bodies ARE the instrument. In our case we need only deliver the proper ingredients to the horn for all the rest of that stuff to happen in the clarinet world.

My guess with the original poster is that there is a dichotomy between what is perceived from others and what is getting produced from their horn. Instead of suggesting a new mouthpiece or reed (and don't we tend to do a lot of that around here too?) I approached the problem from the most meaningful (and usually most fruitful) aspect I can think of.

I agree there can be many different ways to approach playing but giving more attention to supplying air to the reed/mouthpiece (and in turn activating the awaiting column of air in the horn) can only be a good thing. Once the poster achieves a really resonant sound (as we hear from our tenor), the sound can then be moderated as needed WITH the underlying requirement of resonance applied at all times.

I've worked in the presence of clarinet teachers here who emphasize notey things; completely disregarding the quality of the sounds coming out of their student's horns. The prevailing notion is that the sound will come around in due course (I can only guess). I don't think you'd do that to any of your students, but over here, that is not an uncommon approach.

..................Paul Aviles

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