Klarinet Archive - Posting 000596.txt from 2001/08

From: "Rien Stein" <rstein@-----.nl>
Subj: [kl] fine ears
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:21:23 -0400

Aaron wrote:

<<
While I would never say I have a better ear than Mozart or Mendelssohn, I
must profess my ear is far better than Beethoven's.
>>

Aaron is making a very common mistake here: he is mixing up the accuteness
of the ear (the threshold below which you won't hear a thing) with the
capacity to distinguish sound characteristics. I am a living example of
this: I will need a hearing aid probably this year, at last by next summer,
but sometimes when listening say to an orchestra -- whether in concert hall
or recorded -- I can discuss details many people missed. My wife often asks
me: "Did you hear that? I missed it." Of course: the music or individual
instrument must be loud enough to be detected by my ears.

Rien

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