Klarinet Archive - Posting 000583.txt from 2000/08

From: Tony@-----.uk (Tony Pay)
Subj: Re: [kl] taking up the clarinet again
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 02:16:03 -0400

On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:07:18 -0700 (PDT), Bilwright@-----.net said:

> Before I buy a pro instrument, I will need to find my caliper and
> micrometer (wherever they are buried in my house) and travel to a city
> where a dealer stocks a variety of instruments, and I can make these
> measurements myself.

I really don't think you will, Bill. By then, you'll have the variation
in finger position that is bothering you, sorted out.

> One line of thought is: "If it sounds better or plays easier, then
> what difference does a measurement make?" But the unavoidable fact is
> that for some people, knowing _why_ something sounds better (or worse)
> makes a difference in how the person uses the difference.

Just upping your awareness of that finger and its sensations might make
the difference, on whatever instrument.

Tony
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