Klarinet Archive - Posting 000316.txt from 1999/05

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Timbre
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:55:07 -0400

Bill wrote:
the way I set up my original
blind test, you would have to make the distinction between the same written
note played on each, preserving not the pitch, but the resonances of a
particular fingering. The way I see (hear) it, what you hear to make the
distinction is the inherent imperfections of the instrument which result in
minute differences in timbre from note to note. When the perfect clarinet
is invented (yeah, right, everybody hold your breath while we wait for THAT
to happen) those distincions will disappear.
Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com

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But Bill, the test would not matter if it was that way. If the pitch is not
preserved, what would be the point???? If the pitch is not preserved, then
it would be like playing a piece on Bb that was written for A... and not
bothering to transpose the part.

David Blumberg
playit@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com
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