Klarinet Archive - Posting 001047.txt from 1998/07

From: Edinger/Gilman <wde1@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] I think I understand now, thank you
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 17:02:58 -0400

Dan Leeson wrote:

"On the bottom level, I think that Mozart's ear was so refined that he
heard a difference in character between an A clarinet and a B-flat
clarinet in his head, something that ordinary mortals have difficulty
doing in a real live situation..."

Aha! That's the missing link, for me, in understanding the explanation
previously proposed. Thank you, very much.

Tangentially, you also wrote:

"Accepting the premise of your very excellent question leads me to a
world of chaos where nothing happens because of a plan, but happens
because of accident. Not interested in that world thankyou."

Please bear in mind that lack of a plan does not at all mean a lack of
order. Interested or not, it's a world you're stuck with, unless you're
into inventing your own realities, as most humans are inclined to do.
It makes life so much nicer, at least until you butt heads with a
conflicting invented reality.

Bill Edinger

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