Klarinet Archive - Posting 000500.txt from 1997/02

From: paolo ravaglia <peval@-----.IT>
Subj: male & female players
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 17:53:01 -0500

>Dear fellow clarinetists,
> Hello, my name is Jennifer Chang, and I'm new on this list........
>I have a few
>questions, actually. Is it just me, or are a majority of you males? Is
>there a reason why a lot of the clarinet players are males? (I'm not sexist
>at all, I'm just curious!)

Dear Jennifer, please tell me if you refer to male clarinetists in the list
or in general.
If you mean the list, there is no reference between desire of net-writing
and clarinet;
if you mean in the music scene, i think it's because a lot of women fail to
improve
diafragm breathing. I know, it's sad but quite true. Women prefer the"
respirazione di petto", as we say in italy, and it's no good for sound
quality (and general intonation).
Mamma mia, how terrible I spoke.

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Paolo Ravaglia Roma Italy
Alter Ego Contemporary Music Ensemble
Conservatorio "G. Frescobaldi" of FERRARA clarinet main teacher
peval@-----.it
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"It's much better to spend 30 hours on one
tune than to play 30 tunes in one hour"
(Bill Evans)
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