Klarinet Archive - Posting 000819.txt from 2002/10

From: "WILLIAM SEMPLE" <wsemple@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] What makes the biggest difference, the horn or the player?
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 12:27:32 -0500

Let me approach this question a different way.

I am intrigued by the wild proliferation of clarinet models on the market,
and the champions that line up for each. I am also intrigued by what causes
a top level player to switch brands/models, after many years of success with
a certain model.

Some of this must be purely psychological, rather than any specific sonic
result that can be detected, because in time the overall sonic result tends
to remain the same, irrespective of whether the performer plays a top level
Buffet or Selmer.

For example, I have an R-13 Buffet A that initially seemed highly resistent.
In time, I got used to this instrument, making adjustments that now allow my
to move between my A and Bb quite easily. But it wasn't this way at the
beginning.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Wright" <b5w@-----.net>
Subject: Re: [kl] What makes the biggest difference, the horn or the player?

> <><> 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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