Klarinet Archive - Posting 000130.txt from 1999/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Perfect Pitch ;)
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:08:10 -0500

At 02:13 PM 2/3/99 -0500, David Blumberg wrote:
>I hear the timbre of the note being played, and it's corresponding
>fingering on the Clarinet. If you play an F on the A clarinet, I hear it as
>an F, and if you play an F on the Bb clarinet - still hear the F
>fingering. It gets frustrating when I hear someone perform on a German
>System Clarinet (C or Eb clarinet for that matter), as that throws off the
>"note memory". Each note has its own timbre, and sound "feel".
>
Aaaaauuuuggghhh!!! That would be too much information! I don't think I
could enjoy the music with individual notes and timbres coursing through my
brain like that! Although, for those of you who DO hear such things, I can
understand why you would be so adamant about using the right key clarinet.
To me, a (soprano) clarinet is a clarinet. To you, obviously, it is not.
I'd rather NOT be cursed with perfect pitch, thank you.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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