Klarinet Archive - Posting 000242.txt from 2001/12

From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Audience view irrelevant? - Tony Pay
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:01:14 -0500

Tony Pay wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:27:48 -0800, kevinfay@-----.com said:

>> When I experimented with Legere reeds, I was pleased that my wife
>> could not tell the difference in my sound between cane and plastic.

>Whether or not a member of the audience, however special, can tell the
>difference between cane and plastic, is quite irrelevant to the serious
>player, IMO.

The words about Legere experience attributed to Kevin Fay were mine
originally, not Kevin's. While not professional, I consider myself a
"serious" player, but that seems irrelevant to the discussion.

I agree that it is not of major significance whether the audience "can tell
the difference between cane and plastic", which is what I originally stated.
I thought that I could tell the difference between the cane and plastic when
I was playing, felt it was not a big difference, and wasn't surprised that
my audience could not hear a change. I was "pleased" by this only in the
sense that I felt this gave me an additional option in choice of acceptable
reeds for performance. My original comments were preceded by discussions
on "Klarinet" about a player's perception of his/her sound and what is heard
by the audience.

Tony - Would you please expand your comments? Did you consider just the
part about cane vs. plastic irrelevant or the part about audience views as
well?

Don Yungkurth (clarinet@-----.net)

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