Author: HANGARDUDE
Date: 2016-12-02 15:18
Hi Bob,
I decided to re-wake this thread because I strongly agree with what you said. I do favour a warm sound with a full spectrum of high and low partials, and with a fair amount of focus and clarity. There was a time I was also into this "dark" hype, but soon I found that overdoing it will create a mushy, unfocused tone. As Ed has said above, a fair amount of overtones and focus is needed in order to have a good tone that projects. When I realized this I started to have significant improvements in my tone.
Such a tonal concept is equally important on the bass clarinet. I remember a professional musician once told me that orchestras look for a big dark sound on the bass. However, after listening and play-testing a number of bass clarinets and mouthpieces for some time, both Boehm and Oehler, I found this statement not necessarily true. The most amazing bass clarinet sounds I've heard did have a good amount of overtones, or should I say, have the entire spectrum of harmonics from high to low. Some darker bass clarinet sounds however, sounded very mushy and do not project well.
In an email conversation with Clark Fobes he mentioned that his design concept of his MPs includes having enough overtones in order to project well. And I have never been happier with my playing ever since I started playing his MPs earlier this year. Mind you, I am not trying to tell you what to use and buy, but to emphasise how that fair amount of "ping" contributes to a great sound.
Josh
Post Edited (2016-12-02 15:19)
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