Klarinet Archive - Posting 000255.txt from 2001/12

From: "denis blion" <denis.blion@-----.fr>
Subj: Re: [kl] Audience view irrelevant? - Tony Pay
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:29:26 -0500

I hope everybody is OK to say that the audience view of my sound (with a
plastic or a cane reed) is not irrelevant.
If not, somebody has to explain me the reason of playing clarinet...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Yungkurth" <clarinet@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Audience view irrelevant? - Tony Pay

> 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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