Klarinet Archive - Posting 000818.txt from 2002/10

From: b5w@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] What makes the biggest difference, the horn or the player?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 11:55:03 -0500

<><> William Semple wrote:
Players swear by this horn, that set-up, etc. How much of the result is
the player simply swearing by himself or herself?

It happens that I did a study on this last week. The result is caused
33.030% by the player, 31.018% by the horn, 22.006% by the audience's
ears & nervous systems, 10.041% by the audience's previous experiences
(their 'culture'), and 3.905% by the weather.

But seriously, isn't the end result an **interaction** between all these
factors, which means that the effect of each component varies with what
the other components are doing at the moment?

For example, the horn probably has less effect on my playing on days
when I have proper control of my breath and embouchure, and therefore I
have more hope of making the instrument what *I* want it to. (in other
words, once every 73 days)

Cheers,
Bill

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