Klarinet Archive - Posting 000445.txt from 2002/06

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 09:46:45 -0400

I agree....and for what kind of playing. What, if any, universal conventions
exist? Do players adopt or do "things" (what things? conventional things)
differently from country to country.......teacher to teacher, etc. What are
some of the factors that help determine what becomes "conventional" or the
norm? Like it or not...."things" do/can become considered the "norm", or
conventional........like instrument used, embouchure, rules of tech, etc.
This certainly does not mean that we have only one way to play clarinet.
"Other", unconventional ways.......other successful ways of doing things
exist!
The Stoltzman thread really got this going. He has had a very successful
career....but many clarinet players do not like the way he plays. Has this
mixed reaction by peers caused because he doesn't conform to expected
convention?

F. Aten

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Whitney" <phoenix_811@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...

> It would be interesting to hear what everyone thinks a conventional setup
> is.
>
> Larry Whitney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forest E. Aten Jr. [mailto:forestaten@-----.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 8:21 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...
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> Selmer-Pyne-Rovner-Oliveri is not exactly a conventional setup????
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Guy on the Couch" <jnohe@-----.Edu>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 12:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: "Buzzy" sound ...
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>
> > ANd furthermore, I'd like to add...
> >
> > > I absolutely agree. If you're using 90% of your reeds, then 90% of
the
> > > people out there could sound better than you, and it would have
nothing
> to do
> > > with ability.
> >
> > This is simply NOT true - because I've run into more than one highly
> > skilled clarinetist who picked up MY different instrument, with MY
> > different mouthpiece, and MY different ligature, and MY different
> > (inferior, commercial) reed strength/brand, and played it for a
> > demonstration, and managed to sound exactly like they sounded 15 seconds
> > earlier on their Selmer-Pyne-Rovner-Oliveri set up.
> >
> > I'm not saying that functioning, quality equipment is moot. I'm saying
a
> > good player should be able to create a characteristic sound by their own
> > effort.
> >
> > J. Shouryu Nohe
> > Grad Assistant, New Mexico State University
> > "I think we have a ghost in our house." - Kaycee Nicole
> > "I should probably be playing Buffet." - Steve Moore
> >
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