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Re: Clarinet above perpendicular?

Author: Luuk ★2017
Date: 2014-08-21 11:36

My experience is that a clarinet miked from below the bell sounds much brighter than with a microphone pointing at the middle of the instrument, from above.
Maybe 'bells up' doesn't add to your volume (which does with brass, as explained above), but I'm sure it changes your sound and makes it more 'penetrating'. That is why Mahler calls for this.

See for background information http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/clarinetacoustics.html, scroll down to Cut-off frequencies and the following paragaraph, Frequency response and acoustic impedance of the clarinet.

Regards,

Luuk
Philips Symphonic Band
The Netherlands

Post Edited (2014-08-21 15:54)

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