Klarinet Archive - Posting 000754.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] CLARINET: The Best of Everything
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:10:52 -0400

>On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 21:03:53 -0400 (EDT) Eugene Chan
><de581@-----.ca> writes:
>I'm just wondering. What do you think would be the best in these
>categories:
>1. Method Books (Baermann, Rubank, ...)
>2. Best Clarinet (Yamaha, Buffet, Armstrong, ...)
>3. Best Reed (Rico, Vandoran, Zonda, ...)
>4. Best solo (Mozart Concerto kv. 622, ...)
>(other categories? go ahead!)

If we replaced the word "best" with "most popular", we'd get a marketing
survey. However, its usefulness would be suspect for many of us (since
low-grade reeds, clarinets, mouthpieces, et. al., would dominate the list).

Best is objective, while the things listed are subjective. To me - an almost
worthless list. Interesting to be sure, but I'll not add anything to it. On
most lists this would be considered a "troll" (post a controversial
statement or question, sit back, and watch the sparks fly).

Mark Charette@-----.org

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