Klarinet Archive - Posting 000385.txt from 2002/03

From: Mike Edmonds <mike@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Technique vs. materials
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 20:06:30 -0500

I vote for getting decent equipment and talent for the rest. Else=20
everyone would just have a keyboard with some good midi clarinet tracks,=20=

and what fun would that be? On the other hand, you'll never get a good=20=

sound out of a crappy instrument.

On Saturday, March 16, 2002, at 07:56 PM, W. Wright wrote:

> <><> Bill=A0Hausmann wrote:
> It really is not worth the effort, you know. And next year, after some
> private lessons or extra practicing, you may find you need a stiffer
> reed on, say, your Bb. Then what?
>
>
>
> The lesson that I learned when Tony Pay played my "bulbous bell" was
> that he could accomplish the same shift in tone with an ordinary =
flared
> bell. His final comment was (paraphrased):
>
> "I can imagine situations where this sound would be nice, but you can
> hear [....and I could hear it] that I can get the sound simply by
> adjusting my embouchure/oral cavity/etc. So why should I complicate
> things with an extra piece of equipment?"
>
> Of course, I can't do what Tony can, and therefore I _need_ the
> equipment. I suspect that for many of us, reed choice is a similar
> sort of necessity, which virtuosos don't need. So - do you do =
without
> the sound that you want, in hopes that, someday, you'll be able to
> achieve it unassisted, or do you go for the equipment which gives you
> want you want today?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bill
>
>
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