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Re: reed strength and sound quality

Author: sonicbang
Date: 2011-01-04 22:52

Paul Globus wrote:

<I once asked the late Tibor Dittrich (who taught with Kovacs at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest) to describe the style of Hungarian clarinet playing. His reply? Kovács Béla sytle. And it's true. His influence in that country has been (and continues to be) profound. As a result, the level of clarinet playing in Hungary is exceptionally high. >

I would be a nice statement but I have to say there are more exceptions than you would think.

Its obvious that the imitation of a great artist always have to fall, because it's just imitation. Kovács had a few good students indeed. But the not-so-good ones misunderstood a lot of things and when they came to teach, they just simply couldn't. Of course Kovács's influence is huge. But nowdays some student of the Liszt Ferenc Academy is just a bad joke, a parody and victim. Saying to a student 'play nicely and easily like Kovács Béla' is not a teaching concept at all.

Oh yes, reed strength. I got a Gigliotti P34 two days ago. According to the chart I should use VD blue box 4 or 4.5 or V12 4.5 or 5 as I remember.
I use blue box 3 on it. And I have to adjust them even a bit.

I just can't produce any kind of sound with a 4. But with 3 it has a really beautiful and even sound from top to bottom in all kind od dymanics. Articulation is easy. Perhaps extreme distance legato is not so easy, but I think this can be caused by the very narrow window. Or my slow accomodation.

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