Klarinet Archive - Posting 000364.txt from 1998/12

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A question of Clarinet Preference
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:25:45 -0500

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From: Carl Schexnayder <carlsche@-----.net>
Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] A question of Clarinet Preference

>...
>As a high school band director, I fully understand why band directors try
to
>have everyone in the section play the same make and model instrument as
well
>as the same mouthpiece, reed, ligature combination. It's because different
>brands have different idiosynchroncies, different pitch tendencies, tonal
>qualities, etc. and you want your section to be homogenous, to sound as
one.

Isn't this wishful thinking. High school students (with some exceptions)
aren't yet developed enough to blend regardless of equipment used. This is
exacerbated by those students who don't practice very much so their breath
support and embouchure just aren't there.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

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