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Re: Projecting

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2015-06-24 19:03

There will be lots of opinions of this I'm sure. Yes, I agree that it is both. Generally speaking, a bright tone will probably project more that a dark tone so the player becomes more important in the case of a dark tone. One can always project more in any case by forcing but that can and will cause an unfocused tone in most cases. If a tone has enough volume in depth as it leaves the instrument it should project regardless. So in that case it's mostly the player. How much air and pressure behind the air is used to push the tone out without being forced. Support from ones diaphram instead of pushing from the upper chest or throat would be a way of doing that. Keeping the air passage free of obstruction always goes a long way in achieving that to. It was rumored that the famous clarinet player, Anthony Giglotti, who used to be principal in the Philadelphia orchestra years ago had to develop his "bright" sound and use a great deal of diaphram pressure to project over the orchestra when they played in the Academy of Music years ago. As I said, rumor. But when I took some lessons with him he stressed so much pressure forcing my tone that I had to back off and stop taking lessons with him. Soon after I took some lessons with Robert Marcellus, principal of the Clevlend orchestra at the time and he was very satisfied with the both the quality and projection of my tone. His, in my opinion, was mellower than Giglotti's, more to my liking. So there's a balance between projection and forcing. You have to find the balance both with the mouthpice that allows you to get the tone you want and your ability to make it happen. I hope this helps.

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