Klarinet Archive - Posting 000752.txt from 1997/09

From: Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com
Subj: RE: FW: vibrations - oh not again!
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 03:02:12 -0400

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The point I wanted to make is that musicians (clarinetists) have an audience and
they should realize their perception is different from that of their audience.
They (the musicians) perceive subtleties in their tone production that no-one in
the audience will notice. However, it is important they have an instrument they
feel comfortable with.

The reason I brought up the point is that very often musicians, and reed players
in particular, will find themselves in situations that the instrument they are
familiar with does not seem to respond as usual (the acoustics are lousy, the
reed seems to be crappy,...). When musicians start to realize that their
audience does not necessarily notice any sound difference they might develop an
attidude that is less stressing in a performance situation.

As an example, consider flute players: In my experience they are by far not as
much affected by bad acoustics of the hall they are supposed to play in. They do
not rely on a reed and are much more confident about their tone quality. We as
clarinetists will blame our reed and be very worried and nervous, with adverse
consequences on our performance.

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Daniel Meirsman
Belgium
e-mail: Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com
voice: +32 16 390 733
fax: +32 16 390 600
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-----Original Message-----
From: majordom@-----.us
Subject: Re: FW: vibrations - oh not again!

Now...you only have convince Jonathan that there is more to your
perception than somthing that is entirely subjective! When does it
become factual - with expensive measuring devices? If a car is blue, do
we need a scientific way to measure what kind of blue it is, or can we
agree that some shades of blue are preferred over others by a
significant number of people? What Daniel says below is
excellent....but he may have trouble convincing some of the objectivity
of such a belief.

Roger Garrett

On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 Daniel.Meirsman@-----.com wrote:

> I have noticed that in discussions about musical instruments, and wind
> instruments in particular, people (musicians) are often unwilling to
recognize > the fact that they experience the instrument and its tonal
qualities quite > differently from their audience. IMHO, most of the
discussions on tone quality > stem from this oversight. The path through
which the sound is perceived is > totally different from that through
which the audience perceives it, hence the > huge difference. Add to
that the weight of the instruments, the sculpting of the > keys, the
vibration of the air through tone-holes,etc... and you will appreciate >
there is more to an instrument (from the musicians point of view) than
just > plain sound.

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