Klarinet Archive - Posting 000817.txt from 2000/05

From: "webler1" <webler1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] My dream
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:41:40 -0400

Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing;
But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Dreams without effort turn into fantasies. (heard it somewhere)

I'm sure that this doesn't apply to Tony. His contributions are
fruit of diligent effort.

Jay Webler

----- Original Message -----
From: redcedar <redcedar@-----.au>
Subject: RE: [kl] My dream

> Oh, no!
>
> More a delightful case of Disraelian self-mockery - with a pertinent and
> pointed message.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Black [mailto:clarinet1@-----.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 May 2000 8:02 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] My dream
>
>
> Ah, the British sense of irony.
>
> (in case anyone was taking this seriously)
>
> ;-)
> Ian
> (in Scotland)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Pay <Tony@-----.uk>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 9:28 PM
> Subject: [kl] My dream
>
>
> > For many years now, I've wanted to have a really respectable embouchure
> > and address to the instrument. I know I should have worked on it
> > earlier, but somehow I was too seduced by people asking me to play in
> > concerts.
> >
> > I know I should have been much more serious. And now it's probably too
> > late.
> >
> > My dream was to play without my upper teeth touching the mouthpiece, no
> > biting, and with a really flat chin. I know, because so many
> > intelligent people have told me over the years, that this is basis of
> > the only sure way to the true clarinet sound, the sound that all of the
> > clarinet legends made, each in his or her own way.
> >
> > And I wanted to be able to touch the tip of the reed with the tip of my
> > tongue, too -- and, *consistently*.
> >
> > Why don't I do this???
> >
> > I so often fall short of the ideal. I can't stand it.
> >
> > Fingers too -- not claws, but gently curved always, without superfluous
> > tension. NO gripping the instrument at dramatic moments! (How often
> > I've yielded to *that* temptation.)
> >
> > I feel bad also that I never really learnt how to adjust reeds
> > *properly*. There are books that can help you, I know, like 'The Art of
> > Clarinetistry', by William Stubbins. Why could I never manage to
> > summon up the concentration to get through this marvellous book? I have
> > no self-discipline.
> >
> > And I never found the artist/artisan genius mouthpiece-maker that I
> > could work with intimately. My dream was for us to create together (and
> > then give to the world) our version of the truth; a truth that, without
> > negating the fundamental designs, apertures or facings of the great
> > players of the past, nevertheless contrived to add at least one small
> > contribution toward the ideal of the perfect mouthpiece.
> >
> > But I never looked hard enough, so we never met, lazy sod that I am.
> >
> > I'm really ashamed of myself, you know? I feel as though I've wasted my
> > life, and let you all down.
> >
> > I'm sorry, everyone.
> >
> > Tony
> > --
> > _________ Tony Pay
> > |ony:-) 79 Southmoor Rd Tony@-----.uk
> > | |ay Oxford OX2 6RE
www.gmn.com/artists/welcome.asp
> > tel/fax 01865 553339
> >
> >
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