Finding Your Instrument: A Systematic Approach - Wolfgang Lohff
Citation: Lohff, Wolfgang, Finding Your Instrument - A Systematic Approach. BandDirector.com, 2008, (accessed September 18, 2012),http://www.banddirector.com/article/pg-woodwindsclarinets/finding-your-instrument?productguide=349
Article Title: Finding Your Instrument - A Systematic Approach
Author: Wolfgang Lohff
Magazine or Journal Title: BandDirector.Com
Summary:
Article Title: Finding Your Instrument - A Systematic Approach
Author: Wolfgang Lohff
Magazine or Journal Title: BandDirector.Com
Summary:
- What to Look For
- Overall condition
- Scan for potential problems
- Density
- This determines intonation, sound, projection, and playing comfort.
- Find what sounds best and feels best
- Acoustics
- Leaks diminish overtones and reduce richness
- Instrument is less responsive
- Cause further damage to wood and pads
- Test for leaks
- Try producing a vacuum seal
- Try a vacuum gauge
- Use a WFL-meter
- Tone Color
- Sound should be the first criteria
- The preference in this category is up to the player
- Dark and warm vs. open and crisp, for instance
- Mouthpieces should be tested too
- Intonation
- Try adjusting various parts to correct tuning
- Make the adjustments to fit the player
- Not the player to fit the instrument
- Materials
- Depending on your playing venues (inside vs. outside), you will want to try different materials
- Wood is the best
- Get a warranty to protect against cracks
Types of Clarinets - Espie Estrella
Citation: Estrella, Espie, Types of Clarinets. About.com: Music Education, (accessed September 17, 2012),http://musiced.about.com/od/beginnersguide/a/clarinettypes.htm
Article Title: Types of Clarinets
Author: Espie Estrella
Magazine or Journal Title: About.com: Music Education
Summary:
I. Descriptions of the following are included as are links to other resources.
Article Title: Types of Clarinets
Author: Espie Estrella
Magazine or Journal Title: About.com: Music Education
Summary:
I. Descriptions of the following are included as are links to other resources.
- Sopraninos in A-flat, E-flat, and D
- Clarinet in C, Bb, and A
- Bassette in A
- Bassette Horn in F
- Alto Clarinet in E-flat
- Bass Clarinet in B-flat
- Contra Alto in E-flat
- Contra Bass in B-flat
The Basset Clarinet - Colin Lawson
Citation: Lawson, Colin, The Basset Clarinet Revived. Early Music, Nov. 1987, Vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 487-501.
Article Title: The Basset Clarinet Revived
Author: Colin Lawson
Magazine or Journal Title: Early Music
Summary:
Article Title: The Basset Clarinet Revived
Author: Colin Lawson
Magazine or Journal Title: Early Music
Summary:
- Basset Clarinet
- Developed in the 18th century
- Related to Basset horn
- Utilized/necessary for Mozart’s music
- Usage
- Meant for military music
- Some orchestral works
- Performance Practice
- Should we strive to recreate historically accurate instruments or performances?
- Need to study basset horns
- Most closely related instrument
- Is there a difference?
- Repertoire
- Mozart Serenades, Sonatas, Concertos
- Revival
- Beginning in 1930s
- Original German texts are revisited
- Manufacture of boxwood instruments increases in 1970s