Klarinet Archive - Posting 000484.txt from 1998/01

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: exciting
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 02:03:38 -0500

Ah, but you are a balanced, vehement extrovert. You point out both pluses and
minuses and attempt to explain the differences you feel and hear. Your comment
about your student's perception would indicate to me that you are a motivator and
builder of people. Extrovert doesn't mean tactless. I would have no problem
visualizing you teaching my own daughter. By the way, I am a natural introvert
and only time has allowed to become as outspoken as I have needed to be in my
career (I am an engineer).

Dee Hays
deerich@-----.net
Canton, SD

EbKlarinet wrote:

> "What's so important about 'exciting?'" A lot!!!!!! Why play if you're going
> to put everybody to sleep? We can get a computer to do what many 'top'
> players do (or we soon will be able to).
> A lot of you have responded to G's "negative' comments with comments just
> as negative, and many, more so! You have picked apart his original post
> sentence by sentence, to find as many negative things to say about him as
> possible. Just remember, when you point a finger at someone, 3 fingers are
> pointing back at you.
> I understand what G means, even if I don't express it the same way he
> does. An example of this is comparing Drucker's and Stoltzman's Bernstein
> Sonata recordings. Listen to the way they both play the final high, slow,
> lyrical section before the return of the 5/8 section. I had one of my HS
> students do this experiment, and asked her which one she preferred, and why.
> She unhesitatingly chose Stoltzman, and what she appreciated was the legato,
> the control, and another quality she couldn't define.I asked her if Drucker
> played it well, and she said yes, but after hearing Stoltzman, she felt that
> Drucker missed the point, that he was just playing the markings on the page,
> but not the MUSIC!
> I think this is pretty profound for a high school student, especially
> since so many adult musicians of many varieties never reach this
> conclusion--that it's the MUSIC that counts!
> As for G's apparent lack of tact, it is my observation that most
> clarinetists are introverted (see also The Musical Temperament: Psychology
> and Personality of Musicians by Anthony Kemp). G is obviously a huge
> extrovert (like me :~0 mouth open wide!) and we express ourselves very
> vehemently, to put it mildly! :~) This can tend to rub the more introveted
> people the wrong way, but we don't mean to offend--it's just our style---for
> more on this subject, check out the Myers-Briggs type personality profiles.
> As Type Talk puts it, 'our bark is worse than our bite' ! Please try not to
> take offense when none is meant--believe me, when we want to offend, no one
> will be in any doubt of the fact!!!!! Now, y'all, back to clarineting!
> Elise

   
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