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Why play so loud?

Author: LaurieBell
Date: 2015-06-24 13:05

Remember the Seinfeld episode with the "close talker?" I think I'm ready to write a new one called the "loud player."

I play in two different community bands and in each there is a clarinet player who plays very loudly ALL OF THE TIME!!!

I've scratched my head trying to figure out why they do this, because each one is a very good player. Person 1 is a little hard of hearing, so I thought that might be the problem. Person 2 seems to hear just fine, so I don't know.

Then two other things occurred to me. I recently tried someone else's set up (clarinet, mouthpiece & reed) and when I played a note, there was no resistance so the horn played very loudly. That reminded me of years ago when I played on a mouthpiece that did that, and someone tried my set up, and the same thing happened. So hum. . . it could be their mouthpiece/reed combo.

The second thing is that I've noticed it seems hard to hear myself in band -- as if I'm playing softly or can't get enough volume -- yet I hear the other players near me very well. Last night I finally asked the gal next to me if she experienced that problem. She said yes she did, and oh by the way she hears me very well. Hum. . . go figure.

So maybe the loud players can't hear themselves so they don't know how loud they're playing, or maybe they've been playing on the "free speaking" mouthpieces for so long they have no point of reference what it's like to play with a little resistance and restraint.

Anyway, it's just an interesting thing I've noticed, that I don't real noticing when I used to play "back in the day."

But on to the main point. Is there a polite and sensitive way to tell these folks they're playing too loudly?

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