Klarinet Archive - Posting 000660.txt from 2000/12

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Stand or Sit?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:33:15 -0500

In a message dated 12/12/00 12:17:55 PM Central Standard Time,
Tony@-----.uk writes:

<< The purpose of the present discussion is to agree that there need be no
difference in the how we breathe, whether we are sitting or standing.>>

Walter says there need be no difference. The Oracle has spoken.

<< Establishing that would mean that people could sit or stand, at choice,
without ever again having to counter the argument that there is a
difference between sitting and standing, 'because the abdomen has less
space in it when one is seated'. >>

Why don't we eat Thanksgiving dinner standing up then?

OK. Tongue back out of cheek.

Physical problems notwithstanding, a trained clarinetist should be able to
play well (suppot the tone) while standing OR sitting. Why? Because
performance considerations sometimes require it.

If you are Tony Gigliotti or Robert Marcellus, maybe you can get away with a
concerto sitting down. I wouldn't try it.

That's all I have to say on the matter. The rest of the argument is
irrelevant, as far as I am concerned.

WG

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