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Re: 5 Middle Eastern Clarinetists You Should Know

Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2018-12-23 05:09

What I want to know is ... how are they getting that tone on a variety of clarinets (boehm, reform boehm and even albert)!? It sounds like a cross between an oboe, saxophone and violin to me!

My "guess" is that they are using a very diffuse voicing of the airstream with a rather close-faced mouthpiece and a soft reed...

...or not?

Any ideas?

I also notice they use a lot of half-holing, often of several tone-holes at a time. I presume this is because the modality of the music is very different from the western modality for which these clarinets are made. If so, this must make rapid technique very difficult.

Bob Barnhart

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