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 Re: what does it mean to focus sound on the clarinet
Author: Paul Aviles 
Date:   2023-05-20 21:45

To my way of thinking focus is referring to the production of a more pure sine wave timbre as opposed to a fuzzy, airy sound. Some examples of Benny Goodman, jazz clarinetist, had a more diffuse sound. No judgement meant but compared to Ralph McLane (of roughly the same era) you can hear a distinct difference if you go to YouTube to listen to comparisons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDWBcl4IpdA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBasgt-4sY


Play an open G. Start with playing as loose as possible and with as flabby a lower lip as you can. Now just begin to use more and more musculature of the lips as you increase the amount of air you blow. At some point you do reach a point where you just squeeze off the sound. But within that wide approach there is that more concentrated sound.....closer to the "pinching off" where the sound is purest and more resonant. So there is a constant balancing act (I've referred to it as a high wire act with students) where you are finding just the right amount of musculature in the lip verses the amount of air you blow (and this varies with the note either higher or lower as well as the dynamic you choose for those notes) to create this sort of "glowing" tone.


But you may not want that if you are looking more at a jazz sound. Just sayin'





.................Paul Aviles



Post Edited (2023-05-20 23:05)
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