 The Ethnic Clarinet
|
Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2001-10-30 16:46
Kurt Bjorling of "Brave Old World" (he has a Buffet Prestige C and a Stephen Fox C with a low D).
Naftule Brandwine played on C Albert.
Dave Tarras played on a B flat Albert.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2001-10-31 20:57
I use a C clarinet all the time on klezmer. A RC prestige. It sounds really nice, on concerts I clip on an AKG instrument mic and it Rocks. Tom Puwalski
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2001-11-01 16:15
WRT Tom Puwalski's comment "it Rocks" - Amen. I have a Stephen Fox C and it is Great Fun. Still using my B flat, though, because I don't want to relearn everything.
Kurt Bjorling said to get the Naftule Brandwine CD, and memorize any three tunes on your C instrument complete with ornamentation. If you aren't having a stellar time, put the C on the shelf. My shelf is collecting dust.
Not familiar with the AKG - this is something to look up. I mostly use an Shure SM58 on a stand clip (this is not an ideal.) I also have a Barcus-Berry pickup glued in a mouthpiece (had to have my electronics wizard make this work - also not ideal but useful in windy conditions or if I want to feed my sound into an effects processor.)
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: natasha
Date: 2001-12-20 02:51
i play the clarinet and over the christmas holidays i have to write an essay on a famous clarinet player i have no clue where to start please help me i tryed finding something on the web it didnt really work thx sasha
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Zinovy Goro
Date: 2002-01-01 01:34
Hi Brenda!
I use C Clarinet and I LOVE IT!
Because of smwller bore it's much easy to play,it's louder (which is very important if you play outside).
One number on my CD I've played on my C Clarinet - "Kishenever Shtikele".
In a future I plan to use it much more,specialy in my 2nd CD which we will do very soon.
I have brand new Noblet Artist with (surprise!,surprise!) Vandoren V360 mouthpiece (surprise!).
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Zinovy Goro
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Jim Harper
Date: 2002-01-01 17:21
Tom,
I see in the catalogs that AKG has a few instrument mics. Which did you find worked well for you?
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2002-01-08 01:36
I am using the AKG 419, I have a wireless and a wired version. My only thought is, on the C Clarinet the lenth of the little gooseneck is great. I'd like to get a longer one for the Bb which would also work on the C. This mic works great without a compressor but with a compresser the volume totally evens out. I think this is the only viable mic system for a giging klezmer. The Shure mic is a little on the heave side, I play double lip and I notice an ounce or two clipped on my bell. SDA have a clarinet mic, that uses two elements. But I play Flute, Sop Sax Bass Clarinet C, Bb clarinet on concerts and I can't use my stands with that mic. It does sound nice though.
Tom Puwalski Author of, The Clarinetists Guide to Klezmer
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
Author: Tom Puwalski
Date: 2002-01-08 16:02
Jim, unless you're playing with the most incredibly sensitive musicians there are you're dynamic range will be limited somewhat. The limiter can be set to alow different amounts of volume change. I'm using a DBX compresser-Limiter and It's onlyabout 250-300 bucks. I have to say mostly I have it set for those times I shove the mic on the bell of my tenor sax and it keeps the volume in line with the volume of the clarinets. If you haven't purchased a mixer yet I highly recomend Makies. We just got a the 12 channel efx model, and it works really great. You can pick up a Mackie very inexpensively on Ebay. Both versions of the 419, the radio version and the wired version do not need preamps but the wired version needs phantom power. Whats really cool if you get a Mackie mixer you can plug the mic in put on a set of head phones and really hear what will come out. We're using powed JBL eons on concerts and gigs two 15 out front and two eon10s as monitors. I know this post really has little to do with C Clarinets, Sorry about that. If I can make one suggestion about either running sound and or working concerts with other people running it is... Make a point to learn something about it. The best think to read about sound reenforcement is Get a Mackie manual. I have a manual from an older mixer that we use to have and it is without a doubt the best thing I'veever read on doing sound.
Thanks Tom Puwalski.
|
|
Reply To Message
|
|
The Clarinet Pages
|
 |
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
