Klarinet Archive - Posting 000100.txt from 1994/04
From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE> Subj: Re: T-shirts and bass clarinets Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:57:52 -0400
On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Claudia Zornow wrote:
> On the topic of bass clarinets, I believe that the instrument
> does make a difference: two different instruments played by
> the same person will sound and feel different. Perhaps the
> differences are not easily perceived by listeners; perhaps
> they are.
This is the absolute heart of the matter. The horn has to feel right
*** FOR YOU *** .
Comfortable players are happier players, happier players are better
players, and better players can make any instrument sound better.
This is probably the main mechanism by which a listener can hear the
difference between two different instruments in the hands of the same
player.
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