Author: maxopf
Date: 2015-08-08 20:09
Thanks for the responses everyone!
Between the Brahms and Schumann recordings, I changed both the mouthpiece, mouthpiece angle, and method of air delivery (breathing more from the "diaphragm" than from the chest).
Between the two Brahms sonata excerpts I just changed the mouthpiece.
The first excerpt was recorded on a Clark Fobes CWF, which does provide a really nice ring to the sound (has more of the "grit and overtones" Paul Aviles mentioned), but on which I have gotten a number of criticisms of my sound "spreading" or going out of control, especially in loud, high passages. It's extremely free-blowing and a little harder to control, but I like the "ring."
The second was recorded on a Vandoren M15, which was suggested to me by the professor of the Tanglewood clarinet institute because he heard my tone tending to spread; it's a little more resistant and makes it much easier to center and control the sound, but at the expense of slightly less upper overtones. The professor and assistant at Tanglewood both agreed they liked the sound of the M15 better, and it is easier to control, but I do sometimes find myself missing the ring of the CWF. The M15 isn't so "covered" sounding that it has no ring, though, I can still project fairly well with it.
rdc, your observations about me pushing the sound too much and losing focus are absolutely true, it's something I'm working on fixing. Not related to the equipment, just bad habits on my part.
Post Edited (2015-08-08 20:15)
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