Klarinet Archive - Posting 000285.txt from 2001/11

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] The American Style of Playing or the American Sound
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:44:57 -0500

I always feel that I am in deep doody when I am referred to as Mr.
Leeson. Greg, I'm just trying to find out what Isabelle wants. No
secret tricks there.

Dan

Gregory Smith wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Gregory Smith
> ============================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
> To: "klarinet" <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 12:19 PM
> 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."
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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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> > ** Dan Leeson **
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