Mark Nuccio On How To Select Reed Strength

Mark Nuccio On How To Select Reed Strength

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[rankfrankrank]

@klarinetta And notice that I never degraded those with bright tone. It's just that most would prefer dark ones. I personally would be impressed by performers with dark, rich sound. I don't mean to argue with everything you say. Again, you seem pretty knowledgeable. I'm just saying what's generally true in reality here.

[rankfrankrank]

@klarinetta Your second of three comments doesn't seem to make any sense. But despite that, you seem to go roundabout in your explanation. "A mouthpiece maker once said..." Do you know who even said this? And this (dark plus clear mouthpiece) contradicts to what you're trying to prove. Third, you give yet another example of a British clarinetist, circling back to your first comment.

[klarinetta]

@klarinetta I'm now watching a world class performance by Michael Collins of an arrangement of Mozart's violin sonata no.32 in b-flat major and he has a fairly bright tone(not as much now as he was younger) but I find it more interesting with more ringing and singing quality to it than what we hear here.

[klarinetta]

@rankfrankrank And if I get a mouthpiece that I can just forget about then dark and bright are not a big thing as a mouthpiece that I can forget about would also be easy for me to alter the tone with my embouchure and oral cavity.

[klarinetta]

@rankfrankrank Personally I've heard players with what I think people here would call a bright tone have a more beautiful tone to me than Mark. A mouthpiece maker once said that his goal was to make as dark mouthpiece as possible but one that is still clear. Well I think the first and foremost goal should be a mouthpiece that has a dead on intonation and would be exceptionally reed friendly.

[rankfrankrank]

@klarinetta sure, just go with that. If you're just a listener and not a performer, you can be ignorant of these technical terms.

[amy1596]

So it's okay i'm playing on a 5RV vandoren mouthpiece and size 4 Rico reeds or 3.5 vandoren?

[klarinetta]

@rankfrankrank I don't like the terms dark and bright. A beautiful clarinet tone is beautiful wether one would say it's dark or bright.

[rankfrankrank]

@klarinetta all of your comments seems right but irrelevant to my comments on preference over dark vs. bright. I'm actually very familiar with Fuchs and I hear quite a difference from his sounds vs. others with Boehm system. We weren't talking about different styles (different schools, the sound from late XX century, etc), we're just talking about dark tones.

[klarinetta]

@rankfrankrank Also Sabine Meyer and Wenzel Fuchs would not have been accepted as they would have too soft and flexible sound. I mean I don't hear a difference between specially Wenzel Fuchs and many Boehm players. Listen to him and Eddy Vanoosthuyse play together(Ihave Cd where they play Krommer double concert) they blend perfectly together.