Klarinet Archive - Posting 000258.txt from 1994/11

From: "Chris W. Castillo" <chrisc@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: My two cents about national sound
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 23:37:23 -0500

I congratulate you on making a convincing argument. I feel that there
isn't a true American school however...just characteristics of different
teachers...like you said. However, with European countries there are
more specific set characteristics. When I change the vowels in my mouth
when I play, I don't necessarily sound like a different school--just a
different tonal quality (dark, warm, bright, stuffy, sick @-----. I agree
that tone itself does not define the national sound. It is everything else.

Regards.

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C H R I S C A S T I L L O
chrisc@-----.com mercer island, wa
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