Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2001/09

From: "Patricia Smith" <pattiesmith@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] fine ears
Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 07:52:33 -0400

Rien Stein writes:

Aaron is making a very common mistake here: he is mixing up the acuteness
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...

Patricia:

I too have trouble hearing people when they speak really softly. However, I
do not have trouble distinguishing intonation characteristics, timbre, etc.
of instruments. Normally, even instruments played at pianissimo are not too
soft for me to hear.

Patricia A. Smith
pattiesmith@-----.net

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