Klarinet Archive - Posting 001110.txt from 1999/01

From: TOM RIDENOUR <klarinet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Rudeness and humility
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 22:52:19 -0500

>At 05:01 PM 1/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> Is the R-13 poor? It all depends upon what you value both as a
>>clarinetist and a musician. To me, personally, it is virtually useless;
>>with no exaggeration I can honestly say at this point in my life, if the
>>R-13 were all there was to play on I would just work on playing more Jazz
>>on the key board and writing a song now and then; I am sick of working to
>>make music. I would like a little joy, freedom and fun from my experience
>>of playing. The R-13, whatever else I may have been able to do in my
>>teaching/playing years, was always work to play and control. I find, in
>>speaking with many, many other clarinetists, that my experience was and is
>>not an isolated one.
>
>*whew*........it took awhile, but you finally answered the question I asked
>- and clarified the meaning of the first post in which I asked for
>clarification.

Roger wrote:
>Thanks very much.

Roger,
I hasten to say that all aspects of an instrument are not equal. Some
aspects are more valuable than others to certain individuals for various
reasons.
What is more valuable to each person will effect their ultimate choice of
which instrument they will play.
As an example, I was speaking with a person not long ago about various
models; this person is a great, great player. He said that a certain
model Y was better in virtually every way than model X. However, the
single way or catagory in which model X was best was more valuable to him,
and so he chose it instead.
I understand that perfectly. Though I lament that this should not be.
It is my hope that, as clarinets are perfected in the future, such choices
won't have to be made; that we can have more of all that we need a like in
an instrument and don't have to make so much sacrifice.
As I said in my first post on this matter, I feel sure that things will
improve only with the concomitant development of pedagogy, clarinets and
also reed/mouthpiece; then the clarinetist will be able to focus more on
musical considerations and spend less time on the more, shall we say,
"primitive information".
tom
>

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