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Re: Can you tell the difference?

Author: rdc
Date: 2015-08-08 19:01

For what it is worth, I didn't hear a lot of difference between the Brahms Quintet and Schumann examples.

I do hear a significant difference between the two Brahms Sonata excerpts. I like the resonance or ring in your sound in Option 1. Option 2 is a mellower sound with perhaps better control.

The ring I hear in Option 1 comes closer to my preferred concept of sound than Option 2, although I hear that quality of sound in the Schumann example, so I know that you can produce it on that equipment if you want it or need it.

So the question becomes which sound do you like better, and how hard or easy is it to produce that sound on the two different mouthpieces?

You haven't told us what changes in technique you are using. I hear something that I would like to mention that could be related to either technique or equipment or to both. In the Brahms Sonata excerpts, the F in measure 3 and the first G in measure 4 are being pushed very noticeably flat. I hear it much more in Option 1 than in Option 2, but it is present in both. I feel it is something you are doing in your technique: pushing the sound too much and momentarily losing the core of the tone on those notes. But it could be related to the equipment as well.

I hope these comments help you decide which direction to go. Lovely playing either way!
R. Chest

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