Klarinet Archive - Posting 001010.txt from 2000/12

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Performance
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:48:10 -0500

Dear gtg from Yahoo,

Learning something right, something that you can live with and bring up to
speed is all a matter of establishing the correct connections or pathways in
the brain. Why jump into something in a sloppy way? Such patterns, if wrong
from the outset will need to be canceled out at some later time and replaced
with correct patterns.

Mr. Julius Baker (and his clones), what ever and the hell that's supposed to
mean was one of the most respected woodwind players in America. His ability
to color and phrase are legend. Open your ears and do some careful
listening. There is nothing metronomic or wooden about being on time and
expressing oneself within the beat and structure of the rest of the
ensemble. Your statement, "Technical perfection is only great when it's used
as a tool to express something musical." is totally ludicrous in this
context and conversation about dear Julie. He did that. If you don't have
the ears or brain to appreciate these qualities about this great player,
then you just told us all volumes about yourself.

Julie did have it all. He had STYLE, TOTAL TECHNIQUE, TASTE, MUSICIANSHIP,
EARS, FLEXIBILITY AND ALL THE ETC. that might elude you.

Playing concerts day in and day out is quite different than playing
baseball, where batting 500 is extraordinary, or winning at horseshoes by
sometimes being close is good enough. Try 99.965% on the money as being
"good enough" for most symphony gigs. Do you think you could make it with
correct note ratio of 90% vs. being expressive or not being "boring?"

Who's Zoon, missed notes and all? Sure you're not comparing apples and
oranges.

BTW: Your opinion, in my opinion, ain't work jack. Go practice!

gtg wrote:

> <<Must have worked for him, few people ever hear Baker
> miss a note.>>
>
> Very true, but he and his clones phrase like
> metronomes also! Technical perfection is only great
> when it's used as a tool to express something musical.
>
> So therefore, I graciously disagree about Baker being
> one of the best wind virtuosos. To me, that would
> mean having it all: style, ample technique, taste,
> musicianship, ears, flexibility, etc. That's not to
> say I don't appreciate a technical freak every so
> often, just as long as they aren't boring! Give me
> Zoon any day... missed notes and all. Only my
> opinion. :)
>
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>
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