Klarinet Archive - Posting 000278.txt from 2001/11

From: "Gregory Smith" <Gregory@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] The American Style of Playing or the American Sound
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:43:49 -0500

And Isabelle, if the assertion is that due to the "subjective" results =
of Mr. Leeson's own personal survey, one is therefore unable to include =
the subject of sound as an integral part of style, then it is best that =
I stay out of it.=20

Gregory Smith
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From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] The American Style of Playing or the American Sound

> It seems to me that Isabelle's explicit and unambiguous question had =
to
> do with something called "The American Sound." But the responses that
> are coming back have changed the playing field to "The American Style =
of
> Playing."
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> Greg Smith is correct in his recognizing the importance of the =
material
> he presented, but I don't think that that was the question posed.
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> Maybe I'm mixed up, but the two subjects appear to me to be quite
> different. One alludes to a specific sound character produced by
> American players (which is a difficult thing to speak about in any =
case)
> and the other speaks to a style of playing (which, while equally
> difficult to speak about, addresses an entirely different topic).
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