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High flow/Low flow

Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2016-04-29 23:44

In the YouTube clip recently cited in a couple of other threads, Eugene Mondie says that clarinetists are divided into two "camps," those who think the clarinet is a "high flow" instrument and those who think it is "low flow." I have my own knee-jerk understanding of what I *think* he means, but I'm not sure I've ever heard those particular terms. Later, he mentions "cushion," which I have heard before and which I think is probably related to these descriptions of flow rate.

Does anyone have enough familiarity with the principle he's talking about to explain it? (Hopefully without guessing - I can do that for myself).

Thanks,
Karl

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