I'm working on piece for solo/ensemble in 2 1/2 weeks, it's a class A and I really would like to develop a vibrato or at least work on it for the future. Any tips? I've been playing about 4 years and am a good player, not brilliant but good. I can sing with a vibrato, but that doesn't really help because I've always been able to do it naturally.
2007-03-28 10:54:09 · 4 answers · asked by sir'slady 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Take your clarinet into your mouth, and choose a comfortable pitch to play. While sustaining it, move your bottom lip up and down every so slightly in quarter notes, then eighth notes, then sixteenth notes. Keep doing it fatser and faster and you will have developed control over this muscle in your lower lip. That is how you develop well controlled vibrato for clarinet. However, there is another, more obscure way of doing it. While sustaining a note, move your tongue as though saying "yah yah yah" over and over again. This method is common with bassoon and oboe players, but will work for any reed instrument. The first way I gave you was much better for control and embouchure.
Good luck on solo/ensemble night!
2007-03-28 13:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
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I really don't know what constitutes an instrument to be 'pretty! You will find that playing traditions vary from country to country. Dig-out a recording by the Czech Philharmonic from the 1960s or early 1970s and you will hear lots of vibrato on the clarinets. You will also notice quite a difference in timbre. Czech clarinet playing still uses a little vibrato but somewhat toned-down nowadays in the world's quest for a homogenised (I call it sterilised) orchestral sound. For me this homogeneity is NOT a good thing. Some French players also use vibrato. Vibrato on a clarinet does not need to sound bad if done subtly and musically and NOT ALL THE TIME. It should be an expressive device and not just a constant warbling sound (which can soon get very irritating). If you listen carefully, you will find that some leading clarinet soloists use a vert discreet vibrato some of the time. Ultimately, you will have to 'fit' with the other musicians you play with and so your vibrato might not sound good in particular contexts.
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I'm working on piece for solo/ensemble in 2 1/2 weeks, it's a class A and I really would like to develop a vibrato or at least work on it for the future. Any tips? I've been playing about 4 years and am a good player, not brilliant but good. I can sing with a vibrato, but that...
2015-08-18 17:19:52 · answer #4 · answered by Brigida 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My clarinet teacher told me that vibrato is usually used in jazz pieces only. So if you are playing a classical piece, you don't need vibrato. But if you do need it, just move your bottom lip up and down slightly or repeat squeezing the reed gently with both your lips(I'm not very good at it either).
2007-03-29 07:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Elisa 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
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