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Re: Squillo

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2022-08-22 04:45

Interesting. Squillo continues to be well known and appreciated in modern singing, so I wonder if professionals sometimes lessen it for interpretive reasons. For example, singing Baroque chamber pieces instead of Verdi or Mozart (as in one of the examples of the 2nd video) could suggest a different, sweeter sound. I heard a professional contralto singing in a small room one time, and it was surprisingly disagreeable, not at all like hearing her voice on an operatic stage, so context matters.

The tendency for clarinet players to favor darker sounds is pursued more by orchestral players than soloists. This somewhat is generated by a larger desire for particular orchestral sounds. But there's a lot of variety out there, and a lot of modern experimentation with equipment. A cherished goal is to overlay a full dark core with a brilliant high-partials ring. Harold Wright managed a unique balance of those characteristics, and not only with his equipment choices.

I'm not sure how the emphasis specifically of chest register tonal support can be done on the clarinet, but I'm interested to try. There's a lot about the internal air column and its manipulation that I'd like to learn more about.

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